From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3C23113873B for ; Mon, 3 Mar 2014 19:56:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 4699CE0AE8; Mon, 3 Mar 2014 19:56:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-vc0-f177.google.com (mail-vc0-f177.google.com [209.85.220.177]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7CC76E0AAD for ; Mon, 3 Mar 2014 19:56:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-vc0-f177.google.com with SMTP id if11so4013575vcb.36 for ; Mon, 03 Mar 2014 11:56:21 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject :from:to:content-type; bh=is6al1Qb/GK612vxJPCkZUmzPh0KQBbR8ieVNFsfVmM=; b=TYFX/LcOA/SAVm4kPkxTt1N9phmUk4FUMcNN9OwDGOojc+JiFbJFcmfuSzgJDm3OHl ED3pbVNyUFhki8PO1tvZQTjeN+yuyMAkxfC0aWJ71O9aRNURv+z5P7IUyNRrw7fOOKtp Us6QNGw98c3DyhmteZVPjVv9XoX7dACG+VXqqxprWa9rBoZa70Zvq+9IbeS4KcS3vTOF zw7p3lIl5DU5FCf9bBYoOQC9EyK3wxJ0V5EKAtQRZ9P2UpWusnzuveihyXkmVDmvMlTg Jfl1x3fCFFGjonmPrzZXoxKXsgmNzZTyy5UNFJgxexmZPP1ToiMNMyo06rYT93bh+BM3 AcdQ== Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.58.248.228 with SMTP id yp4mr292079vec.35.1393876581629; Mon, 03 Mar 2014 11:56:21 -0800 (PST) Sender: freemanrich@gmail.com Received: by 10.52.29.142 with HTTP; Mon, 3 Mar 2014 11:56:21 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <5314B8C6.3040803@libertytrek.org> Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2014 14:56:21 -0500 X-Google-Sender-Auth: Sqp_u3OrHEffSTam2DgH7w7357s Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] Re: Please get me straight about sysvinit vs. systemd, udev vs eudev vs mdev, virtuals and other things... From: Rich Freeman To: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Archives-Salt: b92aaf4a-f0da-4e69-89a2-8efa4ab5ded1 X-Archives-Hash: 4a058e34581415aafb90a55edc11d86a On Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 2:43 PM, Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@cox.net> wrote: > But based on previous experience once I get in this sort of impatient "I > wonder..." mood about an anticipated switch, I usually find myself > actually trying it within a few months, so chances are I'll either be > switched over, or alternatively have some solid experience and concrete > answers as to why either it or me aren't ready for that... I don't think there is really any other way to approach stuff like this. By all means do it in a VM or whatever, but feedback about systemd/etc is far more useful when it comes from people who have actually bothered to get it working. Regurgitating arguments already floating around doesn't add nearly as much value as actually trying something new and then doing something to try to make it better... Rich