On 14/09/10 02:40, Sergey Svishchev wrote: > @sPOiDar: This missing feature is not actually required for upstart to > do its job. It is, of course, very nice to have. >
Upstart is an init system - being able to control which services are started on boot on a host is core functionality, particularly when services like mysql are already migrated to it. This may not be very important on your desktop machine, but in a server it's quite necessary. In VM environments, for example, memory is a precious commodity so running numerous extraneous processes is extremely undesirable. A more serious example of why this is important - any cluster/HA environment needs to have services under tight control for correct, reliable operation. Starting them out of order, or when they're meant to be down can lead to some quite nasty results, and a lot of manual intervention to repair. The lack of this feature means manually hacking the scripts, then carefully dealing with every upgrade - it's a shambles. It's these sort of decision that make me re-evaluate whether Ubuntu has actually matured enough for the server, or whether the strong desktop focus obscures the view of what's important in the server space. -- init: add non-destructive means to disable a job https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/94065 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
