Re: Proposal: switch init system to systemd or upstart

2013-11-07 Thread Michael Tokarev
25.10.2013 20:47, Martin Steigerwald wrote: [] #717731 upower: authentification is required for hibernating while other users are logged in http://bugs.debian.org/717731 #717554 systemd: authentification is required for hibernating while other users are logged in http://bugs.debian.org/717554 B

Re: Proposal: switch init system to systemd or upstart

2013-10-26 Thread Kevin Chadwick
> My understanding is that the _kernel_ side wants to change the cgroup > API, and this means that at least in the long term current cgroup-using > applications will need to change in any case (possibly by using systemd > APIs instead). I'm not familiar with the specific case of lxc, but I > really

Re: Proposal: switch init system to systemd or upstart

2013-10-26 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Sat, 2013-10-26 at 08:34 +0300, Uoti Urpala wrote: > Brian May wrote: > > > As much as I would like to see systemd as the default in Debian (and > > have switched to it on my Desktops), I see two show stopper issues: > > > > > > * Needs to work (somehow) with other applications (including not

Re: Proposal: switch init system to systemd or upstart

2013-10-25 Thread Uoti Urpala
Brian May wrote: > As much as I would like to see systemd as the default in Debian (and > have switched to it on my Desktops), I see two show stopper issues: > > > * Needs to work (somehow) with other applications (including not in > Debian) that need to manage cgroups. In Debian this would incl

Re: Proposal: switch init system to systemd or upstart

2013-10-25 Thread Brian May
On 25 October 2013 23:29, Marco d'Itri wrote: > It is more and more obvious that modern software needs an event-based > init system. > As much as I would like to see systemd as the default in Debian (and have switched to it on my Desktops), I see two show stopper issues: * Needs to work (someho

Re: Proposal: switch init system to systemd or upstart

2013-10-25 Thread Steve Langasek
On Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 02:09:44PM +0100, Neil Williams wrote: > Are either of the alternatives, at the versions currently in Debian > testing, ready for the migration? (I have no idea, I'm wondering out > loud). upstart is two package integration uploads away from being ready. > How long might

Re: Proposal: switch init system to systemd or upstart

2013-10-25 Thread Martin Steigerwald
Am Freitag, 25. Oktober 2013, 14:29:54 schrieb Marco d'Itri: > It is more and more obvious that modern software needs an event-based > init system. > > Pros: > - more features > - stable support for advanced boot/SAN environments > - being more similar to one of the other relevant distributions (R

Re: Proposal: switch init system to systemd or upstart

2013-10-25 Thread Thijs Kinkhorst
On Fri, October 25, 2013 15:09, Neil Williams wrote: > I disagree that this is achievable as a single switch. Backports spring > to mind, security updates too will have to retain support for the init > system in use in stable currently where that support existed in the > package being backported at

Re: Proposal: switch init system to systemd or upstart

2013-10-25 Thread Matthias Klumpp
2013/10/25 Neil Williams : > On Fri, 25 Oct 2013 14:29:54 +0200 > m...@linux.it (Marco d'Itri) wrote: > >> It is more and more obvious that modern software needs an event-based >> init system. >> >> Pros: >> - more features >> - stable support for advanced boot/SAN environments >> - being more simi

Re: Proposal: switch init system to systemd or upstart

2013-10-25 Thread Neil Williams
On Fri, 25 Oct 2013 14:29:54 +0200 m...@linux.it (Marco d'Itri) wrote: > It is more and more obvious that modern software needs an event-based > init system. > > Pros: > - more features > - stable support for advanced boot/SAN environments > - being more similar to one of the other relevant dist

Re: Proposal: switch init system to systemd or upstart

2013-10-25 Thread Christoph Anton Mitterer
Let the war begin... ;) On Fri, 2013-10-25 at 14:29 +0200, Marco d'Itri wrote: > Pros: > - stable support for advanced boot/SAN environments How far is this: https://wiki.debian.org/AdvancedStartupShutdownWithMultilayeredBlockDevices really supported now? > - things like gnome become easier to p

Proposal: switch init system to systemd or upstart

2013-10-25 Thread Marco d'Itri
It is more and more obvious that modern software needs an event-based init system. Pros: - more features - stable support for advanced boot/SAN environments - being more similar to one of the other relevant distributions (RHEL or Ubuntu) - things like gnome become easier to package Cons: - so