Bug#727708: loose ends for init system decision

[Cameron Norman <camerontnorman@gmail.com>]

On Thu, Jan 2, 2014 at 11:46 AM, Josselin Mouette <joss@debian.org> wrote:

Le jeudi 02 janvier 2014 à 18:30 +0000, Ian Jackson a écrit :

> I would hope that we can standardise on a single API to the system's
> single cgroup writer.

I have already explained why this is not going to happen. The cgroups
API in systemd is already part of the core systemd interface and subject
to the stability promise. The only other existing implementation
(cgmanager) is merely wrapping in D-Bus the existing kernel API, which
is going to die when a single writer becomes necessary.

It seems like you just explained how it has already happened. systemd's cgroup interface is covered under the stability promise, and seems like a good fit for a standard interface to the single cgroup arbitrator.

Cameron