Re: Removing cron in 13.2

2013-03-23 Thread John Gilmore
As a simple step in reducing base system footprint a little, I'm thinking of removing cron in 13.2.0. The 2 current users of cron (ds-backup and olpc-update-query) will be moved to systemd timer units which have equivalent functionality. The classic Unix interface for starting processes

Re: Removing cron in 13.2

2013-03-23 Thread Gonzalo Odiard
The classic Unix interface for starting processes periodically is cron; all other packages that need that feature use it, ever since Unix V7 or so in the 1970s. If systemd has reimplemented the equivalent, can you fix systemd to implement the cron interface to that feature? That looks like

Removing cron in 13.2

2013-03-21 Thread Daniel Drake
Hi, As a simple step in reducing base system footprint a little, I'm thinking of removing cron in 13.2.0. The 2 current users of cron (ds-backup and olpc-update-query) will be moved to systemd timer units which have equivalent functionality. Any objections? Daniel