On Aug 19, 2012 10:35 AM, "Alessio 'Blaster' Biancalana" < dottorblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 2012/8/19 Anthony ''Ishpeck'' Tedjamulia <archlinux@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > No, maintaining both boot methods, even if upstream weren't > > abandoning init scripts (which they are going to) would be > > a terrible waste of time. > > I agree at all. This reads funny :-) > I'm trying systemd in these days, I like how the system is managed and my > distro is "a bit" more standard. ... and upstream has stated that while its not worthwhile to actually share code, they are supportive (and encouraging) common interfaces/formats/protocols for startup tasks (such as DBUS interfaces and whatnot for setting hostname, etc) so implementations on other platforms -- eg. the BSDs -- could support applications designed for systemd. IMO its very refreshing to finally see these deficiencies being tackled. -- C Anthony