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 214B81381F3 for ; Tue, 23 Jul 2013 16:31:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 7DC1BE09B3; Tue, 23 Jul 2013 16:31:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.cs.nyu.edu (SMTP.CS.NYU.EDU [128.122.49.97]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6C6E4E0956 for ; Tue, 23 Jul 2013 16:31:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from newlap-wireless.localdomain (ool-182de1a5.dyn.optonline.net [24.45.225.165]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtp.cs.nyu.edu (8.14.3/8.14.4) with ESMTP id r6NGV76O028806 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Tue, 23 Jul 2013 12:31:10 -0400 (EDT) Received: by newlap-wireless.localdomain (Postfix, from userid 1000) id D71C9A03CD; Tue, 23 Jul 2013 12:31:06 -0400 (EDT) From: gottlieb@nyu.edu To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] systemd - are we forced to switch? References: <1374476626.10089.0@numa-i.igpm.rwth-aachen.de> <51ED8E92.3020309@hadt.biz> <15636.1374548316@ccs.covici.com> <3622.1374571918@ccs.covici.com> <51EE4FC9.6070407@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2013 12:31:06 -0400 In-Reply-To: <51EE4FC9.6070407@gmail.com> (Alan McKinnon's message of "Tue, 23 Jul 2013 11:41:29 +0200") Message-ID: <87haflgrw5.fsf@nyu.edu> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3 (gnu/linux) 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 X-Archives-Salt: 5dc96aa1-25f9-4a4e-bf75-a88477b30f46 X-Archives-Hash: f239eb4808e49bc501ca23795ec47f4a On Tue, Jul 23 2013, Alan McKinnon wrote: > I wouldn't stress about it too much, your choice is do you want to use > Gnome3 or not? And then just use whatever Gnome3 gives as *that* part > you don't have a choice about. Very clearly stated. Thanks. Currently I have gnome-base/gnome-3.6.2 with consolekit and no systemd Since I wish to continue with Gnome3, I gather that at some point I will be reversing the above (consolekit out; systemd in). I was planning to wait for the devs to publish a conversion guide. Is there a compelling reason to switch now? thanks, allan