On Sun, Aug 19, 2012 at 05:28:16PM +0200, Damjan wrote: > >A package for an MTA (for example) will have to know how to start > >itself up. You're left with the following options: > > 1. Rework the MTA to startup with your own method > > 2. Have the package maintainer somehow allow both such as... > > 3. Post to the AUR (or whatever) another version of the same > > package that uses the alternate startup system. > > That's why a declarative service config files help. > An alternative init system could just read the "systemd" ini files and > do whatever it thinks it can do better. I'm confused as to how this solves the problem. Sounds like you've just introduced parsing into the mix ---- another unnecessary complication.
