Re: [arch-general] Arch's move to systemd integration

2012-07-23 Thread Antoine Jardin
Hi all, I've used Arch for the last 4 years and I'm increasingly comfortable using it On the switch to systemd, people interested in the topic should give a look at the Fosdem presentation about the project a year ago ;) systemd, beyond init http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyMLi8QF6sw&feature=plcp

Re: [arch-general] Arch's move to systemd integration

2012-07-23 Thread Myra Nelson
On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 3:38 AM, Paul Gideon Dann wrote: > On Sunday 22 Jul 2012 15:14:13 Myra Nelson wrote: >> My comparison to file size was meant to be extended to the complete >> removal of rc.d and conf.d or the removal of several files in those >> directories. Maybe that concept is not that

Re: [arch-general] Arch's move to systemd integration

2012-07-23 Thread Kevin Chadwick
> systemd is not difficult to use; But it isn't as easy untill the gui comes along is it. I'd guess an ncurses gui is planned but apparently Fedora is only meant as a desktop? -- Why not do something good every day and install BOINC. ___

Re: [arch-general] Arch's move to systemd integration

2012-07-23 Thread Kevin Chadwick
> i don't have any figures/proof but i think systemd is gaining quite a > bit of populatiry on the embedded linux market -- where space and > minimalist is king -- at least ii feel like i've read that a few times > recently :-) You must mean a fraction of the embedded world as. Systemd is larger

Re: [arch-general] Arch's move to systemd integration

2012-07-23 Thread Paul Gideon Dann
On Sunday 22 Jul 2012 15:14:13 Myra Nelson wrote: > My comparison to file size was meant to be extended to the complete > removal of rc.d and conf.d or the removal of several files in those > directories. Maybe that concept is not that important. I didn't mean > to imply the KISS principle was abou

Re: [arch-general] Arch's move to systemd integration

2012-07-22 Thread David C. Rankin
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 07/22/2012 04:04 PM, Karol Babioch wrote: > Am 22.07.2012 22:59, schrieb David C. Rankin: >> > If the systemd benefits outweigh the benefits of the current init and the >> > time-cost to the community to undergo the change is small, then it is wor

Re: [arch-general] Arch's move to systemd integration

2012-07-22 Thread Karol Babioch
Hi, Am 22.07.2012 22:59, schrieb David C. Rankin: > If the systemd benefits outweigh the benefits of the current init and the > time-cost to the community to undergo the change is small, then it is worth > doing. Once again: The proposed change is not about systemd. The maintainer(s) plan to su

Re: [arch-general] Arch's move to systemd integration

2012-07-22 Thread David C. Rankin
On 07/22/2012 02:38 PM, C Anthony Risinger wrote: > probably beating a dead horse here, bu IMO it's just blatantly > superior all ways imaginable ... this becomes increasingly obvious the > longer you work with it (check out user-sessions! yay!). With anything like this consideration all I care

Re: [arch-general] Arch's move to systemd integration

2012-07-22 Thread Myra Nelson
On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 2:45 PM, Karol Babioch wrote: > Hi, > > Am 22.07.2012 21:26, schrieb Nicholas MIller: >> Though your(Karol) right, that a few bytes doesn't matter in the days of >> TB+ hard drives, it might be something worth looking at (how much more >> space will systemd use/save). And

Re: [arch-general] Arch's move to systemd integration

2012-07-22 Thread Karol Babioch
Hi again, Am 22.07.2012 21:54, schrieb Mantas Mikulėnas: > In modern filesystems (Btrfs, NTFS, Reiserfs), sufficiently small > files can be stored in the inode itself, taking up zero blocks. Offtopic: Calling NTFS "modern" is quite ironic ;). Best regards, Karol Babioch signature.asc Descript

Re: [arch-general] Arch's move to systemd integration

2012-07-22 Thread Karol Babioch
Hi, Am 22.07.2012 21:54, schrieb Mantas Mikulėnas: > In modern filesystems (Btrfs, NTFS, Reiserfs), sufficiently small > files can be stored in the inode itself, taking up zero blocks. But even then: With a bunch of more files, you'll need a bunch of more inodes. So unless your original file itse

Re: [arch-general] Arch's move to systemd integration

2012-07-22 Thread Mantas Mikulėnas
On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 10:45 PM, Karol Babioch wrote: > Hi, > > Am 22.07.2012 21:26, schrieb Nicholas MIller: >> Though your(Karol) right, that a few bytes doesn't matter in the days of >> TB+ hard drives, it might be something worth looking at (how much more >> space will systemd use/save). And

Re: [arch-general] Arch's move to systemd integration

2012-07-22 Thread Karol Babioch
Hi, Am 22.07.2012 21:26, schrieb Nicholas MIller: > Though your(Karol) right, that a few bytes doesn't matter in the days of > TB+ hard drives, it might be something worth looking at (how much more > space will systemd use/save). And on some systems (mostly older) it may > matter. No, it doesn't

Re: [arch-general] Arch's move to systemd integration

2012-07-22 Thread C Anthony Risinger
On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 2:26 PM, Nicholas MIller wrote: > On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 2:22 PM, Karol Babioch wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Am 22.07.2012 21:11, schrieb Myra Nelson: >> > On my system rc.conf is 716 B. The three files >> > (hostname 8 B, vconsole.conf 47 B, and locale.conf 30 B) take up less >

Re: [arch-general] Arch's move to systemd integration

2012-07-22 Thread Nicholas MIller
On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 2:22 PM, Karol Babioch wrote: > Hi, > > Am 22.07.2012 21:11, schrieb Myra Nelson: > > On my system rc.conf is 716 B. The three files > > (hostname 8 B, vconsole.conf 47 B, and locale.conf 30 B) take up less > > space. Granted at the moment it's more but that will be offset

Re: [arch-general] Arch's move to systemd integration

2012-07-22 Thread Karol Babioch
Hi, Am 22.07.2012 21:11, schrieb Myra Nelson: > On my system rc.conf is 716 B. The three files > (hostname 8 B, vconsole.conf 47 B, and locale.conf 30 B) take up less > space. Granted at the moment it's more but that will be offset when > the move to systemd can be completed. You don't really tr

Re: [arch-general] Arch's move to systemd integration

2012-07-22 Thread Nicholas MIller
On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 2:11 PM, Myra Nelson wrote: > I've followed this discussion closely and, as can be seen in one of > the posts below, I initially objected to it. I had previously tried > systemd with little success. Next I carefully re-read all the > objections, complaints, rants, raves, e