Re: [arch-general] simple trick to make dealing with python 2/3 scripts easier

2012-08-27 Thread Patrick Murphy
Thank you Ben, people who follow up on an issue they have found a solution for are good people. On Aug 23, 2012 1:35 PM, "Ben Booth" wrote: > Ben Booth wrote: > > > In case anyone's still interested in this, I found a pacman.conf option > > called NoExtract, which lets you tell pacman not to over

Re: [arch-general] SystemD poll

2012-08-21 Thread Patrick Murphy
Could you give me a brief explanation as to why init scripts are better? I'm newish to Unix style operating systems On Aug 21, 2012 4:40 PM, "Felipe Contreras" wrote: > On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 1:25 AM, Patrick Murphy > wrote: > > What alternative to systemd would you

Re: [arch-general] SystemD poll

2012-08-21 Thread Patrick Murphy
What alternative to systemd would you rather see? It makes things much easier for the developers and if you don't like it you can fork arch into your own disro. Besides relocating a changing some config files, systemd is not going to have a noticeable impact on more than a few users. It offers mor