[arch-general] OT: "Major distributions" (WAS: Re: [arch-dev-public] Migration to systemd)

Fri Aug 17 11:51:11 EDT 2012

On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 03:11:16PM +0100, Kevin Chadwick wrote:
> >  Not because
> > it is good software but because the other adequate software that this 
> > community depends on is going to require it.  
> 
> Let me know so I'm aware what the software you have in mind is if it
> hasn't been mentioned please.

It has been mentioned.

http://smarden.org/pape/djb/daemontools/noinit.html

That argument is pretty thorough. 

But again, I don't know if it applies to Arch.  The needs of this
distro may include requirements beyond just a good, elegant startup
system.