Re: How upstart-job is performing in debian system ?
On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 02:48:11PM +0000, Camaleón wrote:
> With my admin's hat on, I prefer the old and well-know sysvinit because I
> don't need anything special for the booting process but I understand that
> people with specific requirements (or those called "early adopters") are
> awaiting for a change.
If you had a maintainer's hat to put on, then you most likely would have
a different opinion. I'm not a maintainer, but from what I've read and
AFAIU, its not an admin issue.
There are well known problems with the sysvinit system where copious
amounts of sticky plaster (band aid?) code is needed to help deal with
them. So it is not just "people with specific requirements" or "early
adopters" which see the need for a better more robust system.
systemd and upstart go a long way in fixing the problems, but in there
own way introduce some undersirable features. Systemd is a bit too
monolithic and hence doesn't fit into the Unix philosophy.
Upstart may be a replacement:
http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2009/09/msg00003.html
(a lot of things can change in three years, though)
There are also some people looking at openrc:
http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/base/openrc/ as a possible replacement,
There is file-rc, but AIUI, it too, has some undesirable aspects.
A google search should/will/maybe be a bit more enlightening.
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