[arch-general] Alternative init system proposal

Tobias Hunger tobias.hunger at gmail.com
Tue Feb 9 15:55:35 UTC 2016


Hi Ivan,

On Tue, Feb 9, 2016 at 9:17 AM, Ivan <parazyd at dyne.org> wrote:
>> That said, how about a archbang-like approach?
<snip>
> Definitely not a bad idea, but I would need a team that would help me
> maintain it. All Arch Linux packages are compiled with
> systemd support, so lots of recompiling and package editing would need
> to be done.

Almost all packages depend on libsystemd only and that is just a
wrapper that allows applications to use systemd if available and do
something else if not. So the amount of work should be manageable, if
that library does not bother your sense of aesthetics.

Best Regards,
Tobias


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