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 BD585138BF3 for ; Tue, 18 Feb 2014 17:17:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 7B90BE0D3C; Tue, 18 Feb 2014 17:16:30 +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 76964E0D36 for ; Tue, 18 Feb 2014 17:16:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-pb0-f43.google.com with SMTP id md12so17027956pbc.30 for ; Tue, 18 Feb 2014 09:16:28 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=nileshgr.com; s=google; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=+7CXFNCiaGcp2hjB7BmwQEeTqCMbw5zaNBh18PPYpBg=; b=WmQHoVRF5Gu9drh/YD4crlemgREb72Ozh2GvBgTOdAIUMSyquWvcZHjiCjRAUtZIKt LJ7SJceykzn4xPKk6Q13VFMS8n4d3EYw160spqlzzEl7gmdz9XiWi7E14z3QsXT3seg5 6T48E2zNZp3jNLDFMi6P4MqqXFeOOCrGC4Ulc= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to :subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=+7CXFNCiaGcp2hjB7BmwQEeTqCMbw5zaNBh18PPYpBg=; b=HvRvQ+djR0YPPmyORvsFuVA62mbRrrrmp07OlcL7huEqzei5hzZ9hYRVqrPuGfaffe zBuH+gvIDOsKq1yscdCBQr7d6Fu9ZIKGn/LuwTFCs2XtQmtn5VUZo0PnDuxt/GBsooEM qIE3iUIoH4WKneC+cSTIjB1v5icjFVXVlVqtWp1KFpoGzsxBti+H9pmZvltRWTvdegxH cMCiJZLTt35tkuor9Mq8Q6k2D7NH2QqYTIqns1uPd3NvhlCpfqfbg/6P8Wr3ZkgFf3O9 tf8ds4nvoaGG3VgGRsVp84GwxwQdKMHgeEjehyC7xKLAVlkkCifKZ9sajkNLPntmUzxn FHMA== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQmUgBpqbui0qR7K6D5d4o0yKNohg3fyJoxHSd0SXSqp8IYf3txHBY8y4Tfsv7xaJ3Tsy8EK X-Received: by 10.68.189.5 with SMTP id ge5mr34211073pbc.42.1392743788082; Tue, 18 Feb 2014 09:16:28 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.11.4] ([203.109.124.31]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id eo11sm146382160pac.0.2014.02.18.09.16.25 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Tue, 18 Feb 2014 09:16:26 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <53039566.7010607@nileshgr.com> Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2014 22:46:22 +0530 From: Nilesh Govindrajan User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.3.0 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 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] systemd as a Profile - practical or not? References: <53038925.9070302@libertytrek.org> In-Reply-To: <53038925.9070302@libertytrek.org> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 92955432-b9bd-4c6c-b238-9523232fb464 X-Archives-Hash: 661ee809b58d7f1ffb0a3d488aad9483 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... >