On Mon, 08 Feb 2016, Guus Snijders wrote: > Op 8 feb. 2016 01:59 schreef "Ivan" <parazyd@xxxxxxxx>: > > > > Hello, I have a proposal for Arch Linux developers and by mailing > > on this list I would also appreciate feedback from non-developers that > > use Arch Linux. > > Note: I am not here to hate on the current status, nor > > to disapprove of current Arch choices. > > > > So, to get to the point... > > I would like to propose development and official support of an > > alternative init system and service manager. My main preference would be > > OpenRC + sysvinit. The combination of those two has shown to work > > surprisingly well even with the current Arch's binary packages which are > > compiled with systemd support/dependencies. > > I love the idea, even just from a technical pov. > However... It may be a bit much to ask from the developers to officially > support another init system. > > That said, how about a archbang-like approach? Archbang is basically > Archlinux and uses the Arch packages. I could imagine the same sort of > approach, perhaps offering custom packages and/or add-ons where necessary. > > This approach gives users a simple way to choose (and possibly switch!), > while giving developers an easier way to experiment with options. Where > things work without too much overhead, they could be incorporated into > Arch, whereas packages with compatibility problems could be confined to > this specific projects repositories. > > Perhaps I'm being ignorant here and has this approach already been tried. > If so, my apologies. > > Mvg, Guus Snijders > Definitely not a bad idea, but I would need a team that would help me maintain it. All Arch Linux packages are compiled with systemd support, so lots of recompiling and package editing would need to be done.
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