Re: Let's have a vote!
On Wed, 17 Sep 2014 11:49:52 +0200
Mart van de Wege <mvdwege@gmail.com> wrote:
> Steve Litt <slitt@troubleshooters.com> writes:
>
> >
> > And last but not least is the alternative of holding your nose and
> > using systemd. If I go that route, the first thing I'm going to do
> > is remove daemons from systemd's control and move them to
> > Daemontools. As a matter of fact, I've created a cron replacement
> > in Python, which tonight I'm going to daemonize using Daemontools.
> > I'm getting a lot of Daemontools practice, because no matter what
> > my init, Daemontools might end up being a better alternative for
> > most of my daemons.
> >
> I really don't get this. In your distaste for systemd you end up
> reimplenting it with twine and baling wire. This is not logical,
> rational disagreement, this is cutting off your nose to spite your
> face.
A) Twine and baling wire is better than monolithic entanglement.
B) If you try Daemontools, you just might switch your view of which is
twine and baling wire, and which is sound software engineering.
Daemontools is really top notch, and I should have started using it
for more than just djbdns years ago, like long before systemd
appeared on the horizon.
SteveT
Steve Litt * http://www.troubleshooters.com/
Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance
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