systemd [NOT?] (was Re: Void Linux tips)

[Steve Litt]

On Fri, 23 Oct 2015 13:25:59 -0700
Ed <plug at 0x1b.com> wrote:

> about systemd:
> 1) change is never easy
> 2) an admins life is easier if all the machines are systemd or are not
> systemd - a mix is a pain
> 3) migration is not a discontinuity - any SysV init scripts you have
> will continue to work - systemd will do it's async thing and then go
> through any legacy init scripts one after the other.
> 4) more than init scripts are changing - sorry - SysV had a sharp
> focus and traditional unix design principles, systemd has a broader
> frame of what is involved in managing processes.*  (VMS anyone)
> 5) Some of the goals are to have signed systems from snout to tail and
> also fully isolated processes all the way down to the kernel and the
> ending of dll hell via BTrFS integration - among others...

How does this relate to init systems like Epoch, Runit, s6, Nosh, Perp
and the like?

SteveT

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