On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 08:54:23AM -0400, Seth Vidal wrote: > > > On Wed, 26 May 2010, Simo Sorce wrote: > > > While you don't edit them *all* the time, it is something that is done > > regularly, and it is something most admins can do with ease. > > Turn them in a C program and you left admins out in the cold, most of > > them. > > > > I would be very, very wary of accepting a C "init script". > > An unmanageable system is a useless system. > > +20 million. > > I couldn't agree more. They need to be scripts, considering how seldom > they actually run it makes even less sense to chase down optimization in > them by making them compiled. -21 million. Scripts are a crutch to avoid properly designed daemons and configuration systems. I never edit initscripts to "configure" daemons, because they would just be overwritten at the next package upgrade. Configuration should be separate from code. -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
