Re: systemd and server use

2014-09-29 Thread Joel Rees
2014/09/29 23:21 "green" : > > Steve Litt wrote at 2014-09-28 22:04 -0500: > > On Sun, 28 Sep 2014 18:10:52 -0500 green wrote: > > > Microkernels, as I understand, aim to support a highly modular system > > > *design* but are themselves minimal (Minix 3 has about 4000 lines of > > > executable ker

Re: systemd and server use

2014-09-29 Thread green
Steve Litt wrote at 2014-09-28 22:04 -0500: > On Sun, 28 Sep 2014 18:10:52 -0500 green wrote: > > Microkernels, as I understand, aim to support a highly modular system > > *design* but are themselves minimal (Minix 3 has about 4000 lines of > > executable kernel code). This "core code" can be mor

Re: systemd and server use

2014-09-28 Thread Steve Litt
On Sun, 28 Sep 2014 18:10:52 -0500 green wrote: > Jonathan Dowland wrote at 2014-09-28 13:05 -0500: > > The more and more I read people objecting to the modularity of > > systemd, the more I am reminded of the Tanenbaum/Torvalds debate re > > microkernels. > > It does seem to be related, though

Re: systemd and server use

2014-09-28 Thread The Wanderer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 09/28/2014 at 07:10 PM, green wrote: > Jonathan Dowland wrote at 2014-09-28 13:05 -0500: > >> The more and more I read people objecting to the modularity of >> systemd, the more I am reminded of the Tanenbaum/Torvalds debate >> re microkernels.

Re: systemd and server use

2014-09-28 Thread green
Jonathan Dowland wrote at 2014-09-28 13:05 -0500: > The more and more I read people objecting to the modularity of systemd, > the more I am reminded of the Tanenbaum/Torvalds debate re microkernels. It does seem to be related, though not so much due to systemd being modular as monolithic. systemd

Re: systemd and server use

2014-09-28 Thread Jonathan Dowland
On Sun, Sep 28, 2014 at 12:51:52PM -0400, Steve Litt wrote: > On Sun, 28 Sep 2014 12:09:48 +0200 > Martin Steigerwald wrote: > > > > As far as I remember Lennart or another systemd developers explained > > in detail why it was done this way, and that it can´t be done in any > > other way. > > I

Re: systemd and server use

2014-09-28 Thread Martin Steigerwald
Am Sonntag, 28. September 2014, 12:51:52 schrieb Steve Litt: > On Sun, 28 Sep 2014 12:09:48 +0200 > > Martin Steigerwald wrote: > > As far as I remember Lennart or another systemd developers explained > > in detail why it was done this way, and that it can´t be done in any > > other way. > > I'm

Re: systemd and server use

2014-09-28 Thread Steve Litt
On Sun, 28 Sep 2014 12:09:48 +0200 Martin Steigerwald wrote: > As far as I remember Lennart or another systemd developers explained > in detail why it was done this way, and that it can´t be done in any > other way. I'm especially fond of the "it's not unmodular, it's made from modules" argumen

Re: systemd and server use

2014-09-28 Thread Reco
Hi. On Sun, 28 Sep 2014 12:15:43 +0200 Martin Steigerwald wrote: > > 2 - daemontools, runit, many others. > > Then go and support these. Test them and help them to be available and tested > in Debian. Help them so have sane defaults and so. But I don't have to :) Both daemontools and runit h

Re: systemd and server use (was: Re: Challenge to you: Voice your concerns regarding systemd upstream)

2014-09-28 Thread Martin Steigerwald
Am Freitag, 26. September 2014, 23:21:36 schrieb martin f krafft: > also sprach Steve Litt [2014-09-26 18:26 +0200]: > > If systemd was just a PID1 with the features you enumerate above, > > I'd be dancing in the street, not looking for a way out. > > Beautiful. I had to: > https://twitter.com/ma

Re: systemd and server use

2014-09-28 Thread Martin Steigerwald
Am Freitag, 26. September 2014, 22:41:04 schrieb Reco: > Hi. > > On Fri, 26 Sep 2014 13:02:16 -0400 > > The Wanderer wrote: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > Hash: SHA512 > > > > On 09/26/2014 at 12:26 PM, Steve Litt wrote: > > > On Fri, 26 Sep 2014 12:03:57 +0200 Martin Steigerwald >

Re: systemd and server use

2014-09-28 Thread Martin Steigerwald
Am Freitag, 26. September 2014, 13:36:27 schrieb Dan Ritter: > On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 01:02:16PM -0400, The Wanderer wrote: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > Hash: SHA512 > > > > On 09/26/2014 at 12:26 PM, Steve Litt wrote: > > > On Fri, 26 Sep 2014 12:03:57 +0200 Martin Steigerwald > >

Re: systemd and server use

2014-09-28 Thread Martin Steigerwald
Am Freitag, 26. September 2014, 13:02:16 schrieb The Wanderer: > > Martin, > > > > I don't think anybody's complaining about those features. Those > > are excellent features that should be done in PID 1. > > Actually, some people (I believe including me) are in fact complaining > about the inclus

Re: systemd and server use (was: Re: Challenge to you: Voice your concerns regarding systemd upstream)

2014-09-26 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Steve Litt [2014-09-26 18:26 +0200]: > If systemd was just a PID1 with the features you enumerate above, > I'd be dancing in the street, not looking for a way out. Beautiful. I had to: https://twitter.com/martinkrafft/status/515611660128903170 ;) -- .''`. martin f. krafft @marti

Re: systemd and server use

2014-09-26 Thread Reco
Hi. On Fri, 26 Sep 2014 13:02:16 -0400 The Wanderer wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA512 > > On 09/26/2014 at 12:26 PM, Steve Litt wrote: > > > On Fri, 26 Sep 2014 12:03:57 +0200 Martin Steigerwald > > wrote: > > >> Actually systemd has quite some features which benef

Re: systemd and server use

2014-09-26 Thread Dan Ritter
On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 01:02:16PM -0400, The Wanderer wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA512 > > On 09/26/2014 at 12:26 PM, Steve Litt wrote: > > > On Fri, 26 Sep 2014 12:03:57 +0200 Martin Steigerwald > > wrote: > > >> Actually systemd has quite some features which benefi

Re: systemd and server use

2014-09-26 Thread The Wanderer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 09/26/2014 at 12:26 PM, Steve Litt wrote: > On Fri, 26 Sep 2014 12:03:57 +0200 Martin Steigerwald > wrote: >> Actually systemd has quite some features which benefits server >> use. >> >> For example: >> >> 1) It groups services and shell se

Re: systemd and server use (was: Re: Challenge to you: Voice your concerns regarding systemd upstream)

2014-09-26 Thread Steve Litt
On Fri, 26 Sep 2014 12:03:57 +0200 Martin Steigerwald wrote: > Hi! > > Am Donnerstag, 25. September 2014, 22:53:09 schrieb The Wanderer: > > On 09/25/2014 at 06:09 AM, martin f krafft wrote: > > > But dependency creep is unfortunately nothing new ever since we > > > declared next year the Year o