From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 21741 invoked by uid 1002); 10 Sep 2003 06:46:39 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gentoo-dev-help@gentoo.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Received: (qmail 14199 invoked from network); 10 Sep 2003 06:46:39 -0000 To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org References: <20030909211112.GA20604@data.is> X-URL: X-Face: "d[&>8')a)wbF:+L#^<_cohnX6#m5RCCeKF/6_gD(iQ9bX?xe2~Aq*!')D(1ks`?YhomOYbL3R:{4e4a]qft_]<.q/Lf4hIr,`G+LX33&TYp}XGfe~^5m$28R"$C(EwnB\n8t In-Reply-To: <20030909211112.GA20604@data.is> From: Martin Lesser Date: 10 Sep 2003 08:46:57 +0200 Message-ID: <87iso1jg2m.fsf@nb-acer.better-com.de> User-Agent: Gnus/5.0808 (Gnus v5.8.8) XEmacs/21.4 (Portable Code) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] New USE flag 'daemontools' as an alternative to init.d X-Archives-Salt: 18f0abef-d4fa-4df4-a1ff-3976fbb2307d X-Archives-Hash: 7eb18a7ad5f90e24ccaf1e8cf8385fe2 "Hallgrimur H. Gunnarsson" writes: > I'd like to propose a new USE flag. > > On my systems I've added a 'daemontools' USE flag > as an alternative to the current init.d for > service management. To be a true metadistribution, > it doesn't seem fair to let init.d have a monopoly > on providing service management for packages. I second this idea. But if I understand http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/faq.xml#doc_chap8_sect1 correctly former gentoo distris used daemontools so I would like to know why gentoo switched away from this really good and stable piece of software. Martin -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list