Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2012 11:11:40 +0300 From: Atte =?iso-8859-1?Q?Peltom=E4ki?= <atte.peltomaki@iki.fi> To: Outback Dingo <outbackdingo@gmail.com> 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: <20120618081140.GK96212@ass.kameli.org> In-Reply-To: <CAKYr3zxSOFOUghqao=3U_8sBNHwqce8AGK6mSFd6is11qzjS8w@mail.gmail.com> References: <20120615124849.GI96212@ass.kameli.org> <CAKYr3zxSOFOUghqao=3U_8sBNHwqce8AGK6mSFd6is11qzjS8w@mail.gmail.com>
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On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 03:43:37PM -0400, Outback Dingo wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 8:48 AM, Atte Peltomäki <atte.peltomaki@iki.fi> wrote:
> > 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, [...]
> >
> > 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.........
Launchd is strikingly similar to SMF, which probably isn't a
coincidence, knowing how much other code Apple pulled from Solaris
during those days.
--
Atte Peltomäki
atte.peltomaki@iki.fi <> http://kameli.org
"Your effort to remain what you are is what limits you"
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