From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from <gentoo-user+bounces-136451-garchives=archives.gentoo.org@lists.gentoo.org>) id 1S8sES-0000P2-Qw for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 17 Mar 2012 11:55:37 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 72BADE06DC; Sat, 17 Mar 2012 11:55:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.muc.de (colin.muc.de [193.149.48.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 51C77E08FF for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Sat, 17 Mar 2012 11:54:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 71847 invoked by uid 3782); 17 Mar 2012 11:54:03 -0000 Received: from acm.muc.de (pD951AAAF.dip.t-dialin.net [217.81.170.175]) by colin.muc.de (tmda-ofmipd) with ESMTP; Sat, 17 Mar 2012 12:54:01 +0100 Received: (qmail 4193 invoked by uid 1000); 17 Mar 2012 11:53:00 -0000 Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2012 11:53:00 +0000 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] systemd? [ Was: The End Is Near ... ] Message-ID: <20120317115300.GB3615@acm.acm> References: <709768995.843751.1331957483491.JavaMail.open-xchange@email.1and1.com> <jk1apk$b2o$1@dough.gmane.org> Precedence: bulk List-Post: <mailto:gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org> List-Help: <mailto:gentoo-user+help@lists.gentoo.org> List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+unsubscribe@lists.gentoo.org> List-Subscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+subscribe@lists.gentoo.org> List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail <gentoo-user.gentoo.org> X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <jk1apk$b2o$1@dough.gmane.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Delivery-Agent: TMDA/1.1.12 (Macallan) From: Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de> X-Primary-Address: acm@muc.de X-Archives-Salt: 206c2a31-4df7-45fa-9cef-ef64cf5980d6 X-Archives-Hash: f71111d0e639c25d4b82b0ac1895d7cf Hello, Nikos. On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 08:25:48AM +0200, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > > Happy Computer Users, systemd is on your horizon. > No, we don't. I hope systemd arrives soon. It's the best init system I > ever saw. What's so good about it? What will it do for me? I have this horrible sneaking suspicion that it will be more complicated than /sbin/init + OpenRC, just like udev + initramfs is more complicated than udev, and CUPS is more complicated than classical lpr. Why do you find it so good? -- Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).