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 BF3A913827E for ; Wed, 11 Dec 2013 23:42:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 422A3E0BEC; Wed, 11 Dec 2013 23:42:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-pb0-f43.google.com (mail-pb0-f43.google.com [209.85.160.43]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 38BCAE0B41 for ; Wed, 11 Dec 2013 23:42:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-pb0-f43.google.com with SMTP id rq2so10928396pbb.30 for ; Wed, 11 Dec 2013 15:42:03 -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=TufuWCMYC7jibsPzintPlhdb5QpAEwoJ8Em2QSsOKwk=; b=mSBWukykHUbiu8GjWp6weB7aPSCsDORQFUVPLbICm35KiAHj9rY5jx34DtsKfX8YPy xQ+dgO/dY0UZcvBzyv2S8kvxu+rgZBO59DNDor7r7DjRTi3oBqpGURIwqzUBgh9/Uw0W warfE40shdfASiTxVVtUEg+eNXS9lYpYka3Cvfv9HAY19gFeTpbYrU/tfdz49Mesw8is DD81VGvCmuWfclih0u5BIuQYYbCr4GWtwR6BXx5tAUnJJaJ4OItLA8dk6u/ZATAmrbhH oBwZS/iAgOd3g5y+dHoHBhq2vwvqdLGCQICbl2OO3JP0E7MyKPVQe6WrK+ZQuWHQbtus HLcA== Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.68.130.234 with SMTP id oh10mr6093467pbb.0.1386805323125; Wed, 11 Dec 2013 15:42:03 -0800 (PST) Sender: dastergon@gmail.com Received: by 10.68.56.198 with HTTP; Wed, 11 Dec 2013 15:42:03 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <1386708905.1931.2.camel@belkin5> References: <1386708905.1931.2.camel@belkin5> Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2013 23:42:03 +0000 X-Google-Sender-Auth: idWPlGgGUb2wwC4amu9hScPNcpw Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Recommend cronie instead of vixie-cron in handbook? From: Pavlos Ratis To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=047d7b10cb75a8597104ed4ac649 X-Archives-Salt: 3c15468f-e939-4310-aa57-fe39a191c2ab X-Archives-Hash: d898f86f805909eb72aba61d2dca8523 --047d7b10cb75a8597104ed4ac649 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 8:55 PM, Pacho Ramos wrote: > https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=197625#c14 > > This has reminded me that maybe we should switch to cronie from > vixie-cron as default and recommended cron provider in Handbook. Last > time I checked, vixie-cron upstream was died while cronie forked it > fixing some bugs :/ > > What do you think? > > > > > I am all for it. I wouldn't say that vixie-cron is dead since it is still functional, however I would rather say that it is outdated. In my opinion, cronie, unlike the other cron variants is the most reliable. Also, many other distributions like Arch[1] and openSUSE[2] have already switched from vixie-cron to cronie. Note: We need a new entry for cronie to our Cron wiki page [3] [1] https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/cron [2] http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Cron_replace [3] https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Cron Pavlos --047d7b10cb75a8597104ed4ac649 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 8:5= 5 PM, Pacho Ramos <pacho@gentoo.org> wrote:
https://bugs.gent= oo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3D197625#c14

This has reminded me that maybe we should switch to cronie from
vixie-cron as default and recommended cron provider in Handbook. Last
time I checked, vixie-cron upstream was died while cronie forked it
fixing some bugs :/

What do you think?





I am all for it. I = wouldn't say that vixie-cron is dead since it is still functional, howe= ver I would rather say that it is outdated.
In my opinion, cronie, unli= ke the other cron variants is the most reliable.
Also, many other distributions like Arch[1] and openSUSE[2] have already sw= itched from vixie-cron to cronie.

Note: We need a new entry for cron= ie to our Cron wiki page [3]

[1] https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/cron
[2] http://en.open= suse.org/openSUSE:Cron_replace
[3] https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Cron

Pavlos
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