Re: [gentoo-soc] [report 6.25-7.4] Daemons in Gentoo Prefix with OpenRC (extended to improving to OpenRC)

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Dear Luca,

Luca Barbato <lu_zero@gentoo.org> writes:

> That's good =)

:)

>> Evaluation of other init systems (smf, launchd, upstart and systemd is
>> done by mgorny.
>
> You'll need to learn and teach us as well =)

Though not with deep understanding :O

>>> and see if there are changes to our end of project plans since lots
>>> happened during this time =)
>> 
>> The new plan is that I'd like to work with rleigh from debian to
>> package openrc in debian and make it as an alternative init system.
>
> That part is quite important, as is getting to compile LSB scripts to
> openrc ones (and/or vice-versa) and possibly get openrc support /run/
> directories

I agree. Let me dive into it this week.

>> What we've discussed in the beginning, such as event-driven init,
>> periodical events, process monitoring and crash restart are still on
>> the todo list.
>
> That's great, do you feel confident you'll be able to get all of this
> done?

I feel these are not technically difficult. But the policies count,
besides the debates that if we really need these fancy features for an
init system. My current feeling (or planning) is that just to make dirty
ones with simple scripts to see if our community (debian is more similar
to us than fedora) really like the things. The rule of thumb is to
always make them optional, hopefully independent, components.

Yours,
Benda