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 373091391DB for ; Fri, 21 Mar 2014 11:06:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 2D21FE0BF0; Fri, 21 Mar 2014 11:06:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from albert.telenet-ops.be (albert.telenet-ops.be [195.130.137.90]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1BA0DE0B2B for ; Fri, 21 Mar 2014 11:06:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost ([94.226.55.127]) by albert.telenet-ops.be with bizsmtp id gB6a1n01g2khLEN06B6aQ5; Fri, 21 Mar 2014 12:06:35 +0100 Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2014 12:06:23 +0100 From: Tom Wijsman To: tanstaafl@libertytrek.org Cc: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Debian just voted in systemd for default init system in jessie Message-ID: <20140321120623.12302fc2@gentoo.org> In-Reply-To: <532C1660.2000809@libertytrek.org> References: <52FF84CE.2050301@libertytrek.org> <5302c048.462f0e0a.3d3e.5888@mx.google.com> <20140218210633.d25f4bb88b3891f7c0ed11c6@gmail.com> <20140218220712.9ec8d2529ef49d743b3bc826@gmail.com> <5304576E.4000704@sporkbox.us> <5304A5DE.4050905@libertytrek.org> <5305FACC.8080705@libertytrek.org> <20140221095351.4eaad30312847d3667477701@gmail.com> <20140320210027.415320eb@gentoo.org> <20140321022711.16e7ec0c8f115a6927107669@gmail.com> <20140320221532.4741e138@gentoo.org> <20140320164848.0c3448d3@sepulchrave.remarqs> <532C1660.2000809@libertytrek.org> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.9.0 (GTK+ 2.24.22; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: 2a3aff9d-9d05-4421-aa8a-02119fdb0418 X-Archives-Hash: 3ef6c48e71fa13f310252693e8121ec0 On Fri, 21 Mar 2014 06:37:20 -0400 Tanstaafl wrote: > On 3/20/2014 5:48 PM, =C2=BBQ=C2=AB wrote: > > Why should Gentoo have a default? >=20 > Defaults are always a good idea - as long as they are reasonable and=20 > rational. Depends on how you think about it; one could claim a DE as default as reasonable and rational going one way, one could also claim something like LFS or stage1 or so to be reasonable and rational. I think the init system, as it becomes more of a choice, is on the edge here... > > ISTM the only good reason is that not having a default would make > > the documentation a lot more complicated. >=20 > Documentation, *and* the install process itself. It's just one extra choice; so, that takes maybe a few minutes. It's a choice one would have to eventually make anyway; so, better do it early and have it right at once instead of having to do a more complicated migration later on. --=20 With kind regards, Tom Wijsman (TomWij) Gentoo Developer E-mail address : TomWij@gentoo.org GPG Public Key : 6D34E57D GPG Fingerprint : C165 AF18 AB4C 400B C3D2 ABF0 95B2 1FCD 6D34 E57D