On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 12:26 AM, <kingfisher@almus.net> wrote:
Hello.
I've read all the arguments of Tom and Ionut. Here is my own $0.02 on it. When I started using archlinux back in end of 2008, the winning point was this file. A centralized one where you can set up a lot of single options.
It is *far* simpler to edit /etc/rc.conf to load daemons or modules than editing 2 or 3 files.
"Killing" /etc/rc.conf can't be do so soon. Or you'll see a lot of old users moving their on other distributions. For me it will be a one way ticket to fedora. And I *do hate* this idea.
But developpers must know better than users what is the best for the distro. Killing /etc/rc.conf ? Why not. But for me, it is more KISS oriented than /etc/locale.conf, /etc/vconsole.conf, /etc/modprobe.d/*.conf files.
As I said, it is my $0.02. Excuse my bad english, I'm no really awake !
-- Frederic Bezies fredbezies@gmail.com
That's exactly my thoughts ... *BSD will be next, if rc.conf been deprecated. Sorry for my English too
I complained about this switch. I tried systemd some time ago and had problems. It took me about 30 minutes of reading and editing to get my system booted and working properly. I'm amazed and if I can do it that quickly anyone can. Myra -- Life's fun when your sick and psychotic!