On Apr 25, 2012 12:57 PM, "Leonid Isaev" <lisaev@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Wed, 25 Apr 2012 22:03:19 +0800 > Patrick Lauer <patrick@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Greetings, > > > > in the last months there have been many discussions about init systems, > > especially systemd. The current state seems to make no one really happy > > - the current Arch Linux init system is a bit minimal and gets the job done, > > but it's not superawesome. There's things like init script dependencies that > > would be nice to have, but then it's about the smallest of all init systems > > around. > > > > [...] > > > > Patrick Lauer > > > > Gentoo Developer, OpenRC co-maintainer > > > > > > Thanks for your explanation. However, I sense a confusion regarding an init > system and a boot process. AFAIU openrc still uses /sbin/init -- the > daemons/services are handled through a set of (ba)sh scripts. From what > I learn from systemd documentation, all services are handled by one daemon -- > dependencies, tracking, etc. are a natural bonus, so to say. Although I also > dislike the idea of systemd-{journald,logind,...}, as long as those things are > implemented via modules, I don't think they are "bloat". So IMO the only > negative thing in arch's adoption of systemd is that rc.conf will have to go > away :) > rc.conf is one big reason I use arch instead of gentoo... > -- > Leonid Isaev > GnuPG key: 0x164B5A6D > Fingerprint: C0DF 20D0 C075 C3F1 E1BE 775A A7AE F6CB 164B 5A6D