Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2012 15:43:37 -0400 From: Outback Dingo <outbackdingo@gmail.com> To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Atte_Peltom=E4ki?= <atte.peltomaki@iki.fi> Cc: "freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org" <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>, Richard Yao <ryao@gentoo.org>, openrc@gentoo.org, Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Replacing rc(8) (Was: FreeBSD Boot Times) Message-ID: <CAKYr3zxSOFOUghqao=3U_8sBNHwqce8AGK6mSFd6is11qzjS8w@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20120615124849.GI96212@ass.kameli.org> References: <20120615124849.GI96212@ass.kameli.org>
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On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 8:48 AM, Atte Peltom=E4ki <atte.peltomaki@iki.fi> w= rote: > On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 02:09:38PM -0400, Richard Yao wrote: >> Also, I am certain that the OpenRC developers would be thrilled if >> FreeBSD adopted OpenRC. If FreeBSD core is interested in OpenRC, feel >> free to contact the OpenRC and/or the Gentoo FreeBSD developers. We >> would all love to see OpenRC in upstream FreeBSD. > > Replacing rc(8) has a lot of risks and not many benefits. Current system > is somewhat limited, but it works, it's simple to understand and > everyone already knows it and uses it. > > Solaris SMF is by far the most advanced bootup/service manager I've come > across, even though it's UI is somewhat irritating. When configured > correctly, you can trust SMF to deal with any problem; when a needed > resource for a given service is down, that service isn't started. When > the service is malfunctioning, it's restarted at a configured interval > or marked as malfunctioning and stopped and admin is contacted. And so > forth. Faster boot times come as a simple added bonus from proper > design. > > Anyone serious about replacing rc(8) should take a good look at SMF > feature list, then decide if such a thing is worth spending time > reimplementing. Doing a dozen half-assed implementations like Linux is > doing is just dumb and aggravates sysadmins. > > Personally, as much as I like power of SMF, I think FreeBSD devs have > much more important (and interesting) things to do. > Theres always Launchd also......... > -- > Atte Peltom=E4ki > =A0 =A0 atte.peltomaki@iki.fi <> http://kameli.org > "Your effort to remain what you are is what limits you" > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org= "
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