Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2012 12:19:32 -0800 From: Xin LI <delphij@gmail.com> To: Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Importing djb's public domain daemontools? Message-ID: <CAGMYy3tj3Rfftyo1tx7uqQ4Pa2iwZFgn7VhUWsqfL01eQf0siQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20120117201807.GJ4729@azathoth.lan> References: <CAETOPp2Wcww1_fPonru0c6XoX%2BAV_HWoGZKiEMvmY50a5%2ByxRQ@mail.gmail.com> <4F14E291.5090803@FreeBSD.org> <CAETOPp1z0TJecz8kjDvf7trEOS5eogrcqEtDveUYzN=J-SvDNQ@mail.gmail.com> <4F1502CD.90409@FreeBSD.org> <E4B18E7A-74A1-4388-AD79-05DD3E667DAE@bsdimp.com> <4F152475.50503@FreeBSD.org> <33752E6C-E016-4C7E-92DD-97B531D185E7@bsdimp.com> <4F15BB21.50905@freebsd.org> <CAGE5yCp11A8f0RQMxPjJ0p774EjfbRi6P%2BbQZ=WVpbncEmwyjQ@mail.gmail.com> <20120117201807.GJ4729@azathoth.lan>
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On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 12:18 PM, Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@freebsd.org> wro= te: > On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 10:51:09AM -0800, Peter Wemm wrote: >> On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 10:17 AM, Julian Elischer <julian@freebsd.org> w= rote: >> > On 1/17/12 9:29 AM, Warner Losh wrote: >> >> >> >> =C2=A0I have spent time with djb-ites in other areas. I tend to ignor= e >> >> =C2=A0their ranker and focus on the technical issues. I've had issues= with >> >> =C2=A0pidfiles and such in the past. There are a lot of hacks to get = around >> >> =C2=A0those issues, and things mostly work. If there's a good alterna= tive >> >> =C2=A0that can be demonstrated to work and gain us additional >> >> =C2=A0functionality, I'm all for it. I've fought with init() to make = it >> >> =C2=A0keep important daemons around should they die. I've worked with= other >> >> =C2=A0systems that make it easy to do and miss that on FreeBSD. It is >> >> =C2=A0possible, but not easy. If daemontools makes it easy, we should >> >> =C2=A0evaluate it. >> > >> > >> > >> > don't forget other alternatives.. >> > >> > for example we have launchd from apple which is quite a well >> > tested entry in the "init" space of solutions. >> >> At the risk of prolonging the discussion.. >> >> We use daemontools at work and I find it horrid to work with. =C2=A0Real= ly horrid. >> >> However, I do miss a real, pluggable services manager/starter/etc. >> launchd springs to mind, if only it wasn't .plist based. >> > > Shouldn't be hard to plug a better format to launchd, something like yaml= (Yes I > do like yaml :)) for example. > > what was the final statement of the launchd port summer of code? This has to be redone since launchd was later rewritten... Cheers, --=20 Xin LI <delphij@delphij.net> https://www.delphij.net/ FreeBSD - The Power to Serve! Live free or die
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