On 02/13/2016 04:17 PM, João Miguel wrote: >>> I feel it pertinent to point out that a different rolling-release >>> distrobution ( http://www.voidlinux.eu/ ) does not use systemd, openrc, or >>> sysvinit. Void Linux uses runit exclusively, and thus patches projects like >>> KDE4 and Gnome3 to work without systemd (I don't mention KDE5 since nobody >>> has cared enough yet to put in the effort). >> Well, that's *amazing*... what does it mean for me, the user? > To me, the user, it means I there is a possibility for an alternative > init system without the devs having to do anything. It means there are > people out there working on this and work towards alternatives does not > need to start from scratch. You're on Linux: you ought not to be only a > user, but also a contributor, thus "voting" with your actions. That's > why you're on a mailing list, or at least why I am. I don't think you've presented any plausible "use case" except "I want to be different" -- which is fine, btw, but shouldn't drive development decisions in the large. I mean, if you really want to you can still write your own /sbin/init, but I'm not seeing the point here. (If your goal is to *learn*, then yes $DEITY yes, do that, but for practical things... you need some more concrete and tangible goals to challenge the decision of systemd-only for Arch Linux.) Regards,
