From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Dec 2 07:19:28 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA02657 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Wed, 2 Dec 1998 07:19:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from lorax.ubergeeks.com (lorax.ubergeeks.com [206.205.41.241]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA02652 for ; Wed, 2 Dec 1998 07:19:26 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from adrian@lorax.ubergeeks.com) Received: from localhost (adrian@localhost) by lorax.ubergeeks.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id KAA09311; Wed, 2 Dec 1998 10:17:34 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from adrian@lorax.ubergeeks.com) Date: Wed, 2 Dec 1998 10:17:34 -0500 (EST) From: ADRIAN Filipi-Martin Reply-To: Adrian Filipi-Martin To: Terry Lambert cc: dyson@iquest.net, eivind@yes.no, rssh@grad.kiev.ua, grog@lemis.com, wes@softweyr.com, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: System V init (was: Linux to be deployed in Mexican schools; Where was FreeBSD?) In-Reply-To: <199812011846.LAA26117@usr07.primenet.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, 1 Dec 1998, Terry Lambert wrote: > The criticisms of the SYSV approach, especially in reference to > Elvind's prototype (rather than the BSD status quo, which is rather > indefensible from any angle save "stick in the mud"), are largely > valid. But that's not the point. The SYSV approach is (A) better Just constructive criticism. If we go this route, we need to do a superlative job for it to gain complete acceptance. > Feel free to propose any other approach that meets those same > design constraints and isn't the SYSV init system, and I think > you will find a lot of support. But it's unconsciable to do I actually kept quiet yesterday, so I could hack on an implementation that doesn't bother me quite so much. I hope to have something to show in a day or so after some testing. cheers, Adrian -- [ adrian@ubergeeks.com -- Ubergeeks Consulting -- http://www.ubergeeks.com/ ] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message