From owner-freebsd-python@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 27 10:06:41 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-python@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2ACE116A4CF for ; Tue, 27 Jan 2004 10:06:41 -0800 (PST) Received: from proxy.hddesign.com (dsl-194.madison.chorus.net [216.165.159.194]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 886EE43D2F for ; Tue, 27 Jan 2004 10:06:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dn@hddesign.com) Received: from [10.0.0.35] (bob.hddesign.com [192.168.1.254]) by proxy.hddesign.com (8.12.8p1/8.12.8) with ESMTP id i0RI5cOW008553; Tue, 27 Jan 2004 12:05:38 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from dn@hddesign.com) From: David Niergarth To: david@onlineus.com In-Reply-To: <200401270812.AA1360330888@onlineus.com> References: <200401270812.AA1360330888@onlineus.com> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Huttleston Data Design Message-Id: <1075226783.994.192.camel@change.hddesign.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.5 Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2004 12:06:23 -0600 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-MailScanner: Found to be clean cc: freebsd-python@freebsd.org Subject: Re: python powered freebsd system X-BeenThere: freebsd-python@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: FreeBSD-specific Python issues List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2004 18:06:41 -0000 On Tue, 2004-01-27 at 08:12, David Sumner wrote: > I was wondering has anyone investigated replacing the boot up > and init scripts and all of the shell scripts with a python > based approach to booting, Athough not FreeBSD-specific, see Seth Nickell's Python-based System Services: http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=4711 With commentary at: http://lwn.net/Articles/51986/ http://developers.slashdot.org/developers/03/10/02/1553253.shtml?tid=106&tid=185 David Niergarth