Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-factory (505 mails)

[Eberhard Moenkeberg <emoenke@xxxxxxx>]

Hi,

On Fri, 1 Jul 2011, Linda Walsh wrote:
> Linda Walsh wrote:

> > Can I ask a question about this....and maybe someone could explain why
> > this would be 'infeasible'
> >
> > Why not have 'init' start things as it does now up through the 'boot' 
> > scripts', then turn starting 'services' over to the task of 'systemd' when 
> > hardware to serve all the user -level application programs that
> > expect it to be  there during the 'startup' process?
> >
> >
> > I.e. a Hybrid approach?
> ----
>
> Sorry let that off a bit before I fleshed it out...
> But the line between what comes before and what comes after, presumably
> would be something that could change in the future, as parts of the
> 'boot' scripts' that were (are) known to be safe to execute concurrently with
> other system startup processes, could be moved there as well...
>
> It might even allow a stepping stone approach to moving toward systemd, as
> support is included to support things like early mounting, etc.... as those
> things are added, more processes/scripts could be turned over to systemd on
> subsequent releases....
>
> This way, it seems like it could have be benefit of not having a major
> jolt or incompatibility worry...?
>
> Just a thought, but everytime I try to rush to do something I'm almost 
> guaranteed to 'miss something'....

I really like Linda's idea of a "hybrid approach".

It would avoid the initial (huge!) disturbance systemd would serve us, 
and allow a smooth way to a "total" conversion when systemd really is 
ready, step-by-step.


Viele Gruesse
Eberhard Moenkeberg (emoenke@xxxxxxx, em@xxxxxxx)

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