[arch-general] [arch-dev-public] Migration to systemd

[Justin Strickland]

heh I don't believe they fully understand how things work.

On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 7:15 AM, Thomas Bächler <thomas at archlinux.org>wrote:

> Am 15.08.2012 11:21, schrieb Kevin Chadwick:
> >> I'd love to see the overall advantages and disadvantages of each of
> >> those fleshed out on a page where I can read them
> >
> > Here's one part
> >
> > A good design would make the init process which is always running and
> > everyone must run.
> >
> > 1./ Be a small simple binary
>
> The systemd main binary is not very large (larger than sysvinit's
> /sbin/init, but not by much).
>
> > 2./ Have no dependencies
>
> That is pure BS. If something has no dependencies, it has to do
> everything in the binary itself. You either end up with no features, or
> potential for tons of bugs.
>
> Having NO dependencies also means you have to bypass the C library and
> implement everything from scratch - that is the worst idea ever.
>
> > 3./ Be easy to follow, fix and lockdown, best fit being interpreted
> > languages.
>
> So, init should be a small binary in an interpreted language? Am I the
> only one who notices you are contradicting yourself.
>
> > 4./ be as fast as possible
> >
> > systemd meets 4. Sysvinit meets 1-3 well but OpenBSDs init meets 1-3
> > better
>
> Where are your AUR packages that provide OpenBSD's init? I haven't seen
> them.
>
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