Re: [gentoo-user] systemd as a Profile - practical or not?

[Nilesh Govindrajan <me@nileshgr.com>]

On Tuesday 18 February 2014 09:54 PM, Tanstaafl wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Ok, before I go and open up a bug requesting this...
> 
> I know there have to be a lot of people on this list who can answer this
> question...
> 
> Is making the use of systemd or not based on a selected Profile, as
> opposed to manually trying to do it via USE flags etc, a practical
> request, or not?
> 
> Meaning:
> 
> 1. is it doable,
> 

Yes.

> 2. how hard (on a scale of 1/easy to 10/hard to impossible) would it
>    be to do this, and
> 

Peanuts.

> 3. regardless of the difficulty in achieving it, how hard would it be
>    (on a scale of 1 (easy) to 10 (hard to impossible)) to maintain in
>    the long run?
> 

I don't think this is difficult. I've been using gnome/systemd since > 1
month & I have a Gentoo server which uses systemd as well.

> I'm hoping that even if the answer to #2 above is 7+, if the answer to
> #3 is 'relatively easy' or better, then maybe it still stands a chance
> of getting done.
> 
> And incidentally, Canek, if I was a programmer, I'd be happy to
> volunteer to take it on, but alas I'm just a lowly user...
> 
> Thanks...
>