On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 10:21:25AM +0100, Kevin Chadwick wrote: > 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 And daemontools satisfies all of the above!