Re: [DNG] [devuan-dev] Debian Buster release to partially drop non-systemd support

2018-10-19 Thread Simon Hobson
Steve Litt wrote: > "Multi-seat" makes little sense now that when you add a user you can give him > or her a $400 computer with which he can share the server's data. I would beg to disagree - at least for some workloads. I think "it depends" is often teh answer to the question of "is

Re: [DNG] [devuan-dev] Debian Buster release to partially drop non-systemd support

2018-10-19 Thread Daniel Abrecht
On 19/10/2018 15.04, Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult wrote: OTOH, we could (as mentioned in another thread) invent some small declarative config file format for expressing at least the very common cases There already is init-d-script (5).

Re: [DNG] [devuan-dev] Debian Buster release to partially drop non-systemd support

2018-10-19 Thread Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult
On 17.10.2018 15:14, Edward Bartolo wrote: > Why doesn't Devuan edit sysvinit to use systemd's unit files instead > of scripts? That would bypass the entire problem. That would be a *very complex* task - basically reimplementing much of systemd logic. Nothing that I could aggree to support.

Re: [DNG] [devuan-dev] Debian Buster release to partially drop non-systemd support

2018-10-19 Thread Dr. Nikolaus Klepp
Am Freitag, 19. Oktober 2018 schrieb Steve Litt: > On Fri, 19 Oct 2018 14:50:39 +1100 > Erik Christiansen wrote: > > > On 18.10.18 11:37, Steve Litt wrote: > > > OK. Next question. What is the cost difference between a computer > > > terminal and a low power computer with the muscle to run apps

Re: [DNG] [devuan-dev] Debian Buster release to partially drop non-systemd support

2018-10-19 Thread Steve Litt
On Fri, 19 Oct 2018 14:50:39 +1100 Erik Christiansen wrote: > On 18.10.18 11:37, Steve Litt wrote: > > OK. Next question. What is the cost difference between a computer > > terminal and a low power computer with the muscle to run apps whose > > data is on the central server? > > The price of

Re: [DNG] [devuan-dev] Debian Buster release to partially drop non-systemd support

2018-10-18 Thread Erik Christiansen
On 18.10.18 11:37, Steve Litt wrote: > OK. Next question. What is the cost difference between a computer > terminal and a low power computer with the muscle to run apps whose > data is on the central server? The price of hardware was entirely different back then, making re-use much more

Re: [DNG] [devuan-dev] Debian Buster release to partially drop non-systemd support

2018-10-18 Thread Adam Borowski
On Thu, Oct 18, 2018 at 11:37:13AM -0400, Steve Litt wrote: > On Thu, 18 Oct 2018 08:50:51 -0400 > Hendrik Boom wrote: > > > On Thu, Oct 18, 2018 at 09:17:13AM -0300, Fernando M. Maresca wrote: > > > On Wed, Oct 17, 2018 at 04:20:36PM -0400, Steve Litt wrote: > > > > > > > > Multiseating?

Re: [DNG] [devuan-dev] Debian Buster release to partially drop non-systemd support

2018-10-18 Thread Steve Litt
On Thu, 18 Oct 2018 08:50:51 -0400 Hendrik Boom wrote: > On Thu, Oct 18, 2018 at 09:17:13AM -0300, Fernando M. Maresca wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 17, 2018 at 04:20:36PM -0400, Steve Litt wrote: > > > Cgroups? There are other ways to do Cgroups without systemd, and > > > a lot of systemd's buzz for

Re: [DNG] [devuan-dev] Debian Buster release to partially drop non-systemd support

2018-10-18 Thread Steve Litt
On Thu, 18 Oct 2018 08:50:51 -0400 Hendrik Boom wrote: > On Thu, Oct 18, 2018 at 09:17:13AM -0300, Fernando M. Maresca wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 17, 2018 at 04:20:36PM -0400, Steve Litt wrote: > > > > > > Multiseating? When's the last time you had serial cables to > > > monitors? We have much

Re: [DNG] [devuan-dev] Debian Buster release to partially drop non-systemd support

2018-10-18 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Thu, Oct 18, 2018 at 09:17:13AM -0300, Fernando M. Maresca wrote: > On Wed, Oct 17, 2018 at 04:20:36PM -0400, Steve Litt wrote: > > > > Multiseating? When's the last time you had serial cables to monitors? > > We have much more efficient Gigabit Eternet. Over serial lines? 1979. With

Re: [DNG] [devuan-dev] Debian Buster release to partially drop non-systemd support

2018-10-17 Thread Joel Roth
On Wed, Oct 17, 2018 at 04:58:33PM +0200, KatolaZ wrote: > On Wed, Oct 17, 2018 at 09:30:50AM -0500, Daniel Taylor wrote: > > [cut] > > > > c) where and how would you draw the line indicating what's unacceptable > > > about > > > systemd - in other words, what exactly do you mean by "the Unix

Re: [DNG] [devuan-dev] Debian Buster release to partially drop non-systemd support

2018-10-17 Thread Steve Litt
On Wed, 17 Oct 2018 16:58:33 +0200 KatolaZ wrote: > On Wed, Oct 17, 2018 at 09:30:50AM -0500, Daniel Taylor wrote: > > [cut] > > > > c) where and how would you draw the line indicating what's > > > unacceptable about systemd - in other words, what exactly do you > > > mean by "the Unix

Re: [DNG] [devuan-dev] Debian Buster release to partially drop non-systemd support

2018-10-17 Thread g4sra
> ..the systemd approach was (and still is?) convert (or "generate") > sysvinit scripts into systemd unit files. Still is. But that is only half the issue. As mentioned already, any attempt to run a sysv script is intercepted by SystemD. The corresponding unit file ('generated' or 'packaged')

Re: [DNG] [devuan-dev] Debian Buster release to partially drop non-systemd support

2018-10-17 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Wed, Oct 17, 2018 at 05:51:11PM +0200, Antony Stone wrote: > On Wednesday 17 October 2018 at 17:37:14, Bruce Ferrell wrote: > > > "They" REALLY want to force the use of systemd. > > > > I REALLY don't want to use systemd. I've seen too many problems since > > it's introduction. > > > > Now

Re: [DNG] [devuan-dev] Debian Buster release to partially drop non-systemd support

2018-10-17 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Wed, 17 Oct 2018 15:14:46 +0200, Edward wrote in message : > Why doesn't Devuan edit sysvinit to use systemd's unit files instead > of scripts? That would bypass the entire problem. Those who want to > stick to scripts can always direct sysvinit to use scripts instead. ..the systemd approach

Re: [DNG] [devuan-dev] Debian Buster release to partially drop non-systemd support

2018-10-17 Thread Bruce Ferrell
On 10/17/18 8:51 AM, Antony Stone wrote: On Wednesday 17 October 2018 at 17:37:14, Bruce Ferrell wrote: On 10/17/18 8:24 AM, info at smallinnovations dot nl wrote: On 17-10-18 15:14, Edward Bartolo wrote: Why doesn't Devuan edit sysvinit to use systemd's unit files instead of scripts? That

Re: [DNG] [devuan-dev] Debian Buster release to partially drop non-systemd support

2018-10-17 Thread Antony Stone
On Wednesday 17 October 2018 at 17:37:14, Bruce Ferrell wrote: > On 10/17/18 8:24 AM, info at smallinnovations dot nl wrote: > > On 17-10-18 15:14, Edward Bartolo wrote: > >> Why doesn't Devuan edit sysvinit to use systemd's unit files instead > >> of scripts? That would bypass the entire

Re: [DNG] [devuan-dev] Debian Buster release to partially drop non-systemd support

2018-10-17 Thread Bruce Ferrell
On 10/17/18 8:24 AM, info at smallinnovations dot nl wrote: On 17-10-18 15:14, Edward Bartolo wrote: Why doesn't Devuan edit sysvinit to use systemd's unit files instead of scripts? That would bypass the entire problem. Those who want to stick to scripts can always direct sysvinit to use

Re: [DNG] [devuan-dev] Debian Buster release to partially drop non-systemd support

2018-10-17 Thread info at smallinnovations dot nl
On 17-10-18 15:14, Edward Bartolo wrote: > Why doesn't Devuan edit sysvinit to use systemd's unit files instead > of scripts? That would bypass the entire problem. Those who want to > stick to scripts can always direct sysvinit to use scripts instead. An > edit/patch would aim to make sysvinit

Re: [DNG] [devuan-dev] Debian Buster release to partially drop non-systemd support

2018-10-17 Thread Martin Steigerwald
KatolaZ - 17.10.18, 16:58: > process supervision and management system. Which is probably 90% of > the reason why systemd needed to fagocitate the whole low-level > user-space (please remember that the only way to reliably know that a > process is dead under unix is to be the parent of that

Re: [DNG] [devuan-dev] Debian Buster release to partially drop non-systemd support

2018-10-17 Thread Daniel Taylor
On 10/17/18 9:58 AM, KatolaZ wrote: On Wed, Oct 17, 2018 at 09:30:50AM -0500, Daniel Taylor wrote: [cut] c) where and how would you draw the line indicating what's unacceptable about systemd - in other words, what exactly do you mean by "the Unix paradigm" in your comment above? Split out

Re: [DNG] [devuan-dev] Debian Buster release to partially drop non-systemd support

2018-10-17 Thread KatolaZ
On Wed, Oct 17, 2018 at 09:30:50AM -0500, Daniel Taylor wrote: [cut] > > c) where and how would you draw the line indicating what's unacceptable > > about > > systemd - in other words, what exactly do you mean by "the Unix paradigm" in > > your comment above? > Split out the PID 1 stuff to just

Re: [DNG] [devuan-dev] Debian Buster release to partially drop non-systemd support

2018-10-17 Thread Daniel Taylor
On 10/17/18 9:08 AM, Antony Stone wrote: On Wednesday 17 October 2018 at 15:54:11, Daniel Taylor wrote: I am becoming convinced that the proper course of attack is to reimplement all the systemd functions in the Unix paradigm. a) I seriously doubt that that is possible, without effectively

Re: [DNG] [devuan-dev] Debian Buster release to partially drop non-systemd support

2018-10-17 Thread Antony Stone
On Wednesday 17 October 2018 at 15:54:11, Daniel Taylor wrote: > I am becoming convinced that the proper course of attack is to reimplement > all the systemd functions in the Unix paradigm. a) I seriously doubt that that is possible, without effectively just re-writing systemd b) systemd's

Re: [DNG] [devuan-dev] Debian Buster release to partially drop non-systemd support

2018-10-17 Thread Daniel Taylor
On 10/17/18 8:14 AM, Edward Bartolo wrote: Why doesn't Devuan edit sysvinit to use systemd's unit files instead of scripts? That would bypass the entire problem. Those who want to stick to scripts can always direct sysvinit to use scripts instead. An edit/patch would aim to make sysvinit

[DNG] [devuan-dev] Debian Buster release to partially drop non-systemd support

2018-10-17 Thread Edward Bartolo
Why doesn't Devuan edit sysvinit to use systemd's unit files instead of scripts? That would bypass the entire problem. Those who want to stick to scripts can always direct sysvinit to use scripts instead. An edit/patch would aim to make sysvinit recognise unit files and run scripts when instructed