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.