[HEADS-UP] systemd for F14 - the next steps

[Lennart Poettering]

On Wed, 14.07.10 15:18, Jeff Garzik (jgarzik at pobox.com) wrote:

> 
> On 07/14/2010 03:08 PM, Lennart Poettering wrote:
> > I'd also argue that simply changing a symlink in /etc/systemd/system is
> > a lot easier to understand and discoverable than having to edit old and
> > crufty /etc/inittab which to fully understand you really must have a
> > historical Unix background for.
> 
> Strangely enough, a lot of Fedora users actually have a Unix/Linux 
> background.  ;-)
> 
> "Easier to understand and discoverable" seems to vary from one's point 
> of view.  As the author of the change in question, of course it's easier 
> to understand and discover.
> 
>  From the standpoint of -everyone else-, the change would be breaking 
> scripts and human knowledge needlessly.  There is no urgent need to 
> eliminate /etc/inittab.

Well, not "everyone" else, only those which come from old-world Unix.

I would have prefered if you would have taken up this fight with the
Upstart people when it was added to Fedora. We are just finishing the
work Upstart began in this area, and I am not really willing to fight
now a battle  that if at all should have been fought some releases ago when
Upstart was adopted.

I am sorry, but I am not going to provide full compatibility with
inittab within systemd. It's not supported in Upstart and I won't do a
backwards flip and support it in systemd again.

That train already left the station.

Lennart

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Lennart Poettering - Red Hat, Inc.