Bug#727708: The tech ctte isn't considering OpenRC at all

[Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk>]

Nikolaus Rath writes ("Bug#727708: The tech ctte isn't considering OpenRC at all"):
> Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk> writes:
> > Thomas, does OpenRC provide a means for do non-forking daemon
> > startup ?
> [...]
> 
> Ian, quoting from your previous evaluation of upstart
> (http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=727708#1499):
...
> I don't see how this is consistent with what you say about
> OpenRC. Either the lack of features isn't a problem if they can in
> principle be implemented in the future (in that case, upstart and OpenRC
> are both viable candidates), or hypothetical features do not matter (in
> that case this should also hold for upstart).

Firstly, non-forking daemon startup and supervision is less of a
feature and more of a design decision.  I think that doing it from
scratch in a system which doesn't have it at all involves a lot of
design decisions and a fair amount of programming work.

Secondly, the features I list as missing for upstart are not IMO
anywhere near as important.

If you think OpenRC will soon have non-forking daemon startup, then
excellent.  Can you explain to me how it will work ?

Thanks,
Ian.