On 08/06/11 16:31, Steffen Barszus wrote: > 2011/6/8 Evan Huus <[email protected]>: >> I've been following this thread for a bit now, and I was just struck >> by a similarity between some of the proposed solutions and Java >> Interfaces (yes, I know). >> >> A lot of the proposals based on Option 1 or an alias keyword are >> basically saying that we need a way to say >> >> (for gdm) >> implements display-manager >> >> (for ufw) >> implements firewall >> >> 'Alias' is a fair bit broader than we would need. >> >> That way of thinking seems most coherent to me, and it makes for very >> nice syntax if you try "start display-manager" with multiple >> installed. >> >>> start display-manager >> Multiple jobs found which implement display-manager: >> 1) gdm >> 2) xdm >> ... > > I would not put to much thought in this case - it would even fail on > SystemV at the moment and should be catched by packagemanagement as it > is now. It won't be caught on Debian or Ubuntu by apt since DM's "provide" x-display-manager and as such you can install gdm, lightdm, xdm et al with no problems. However, when you reboot who knows what might happen (I've yet to try this :)
Even a general error or any of them started arbitrary should > be ok. > > And i like the alias approach as well. You talking about solution not > workaround right ? Well as long as its no "hardcoded list known to the > ubuntu developers and making assumptions" I'm fine with it. > -- upstart-devel mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/upstart-devel
