On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 11:21 AM, Kevin Chadwick <ma1l1ists@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> 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 > > 2./ Have no dependencies > > 3./ Be easy to follow, fix and lockdown, best fit being interpreted > languages. > > 4./ be as fast as possible > > systemd meets 4. Sysvinit meets 1-3 well but OpenBSDs init meets 1-3 > better I agree in general, but systemd doesn't meet #4; we are supposed to believe that's the case, but does it really? -- Felipe Contreras
