Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2012 15:09:06 -0700 From: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> To: Jos Backus <jos@catnook.com> Cc: Doug Barton <dougb@freebsd.org>, freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Importing djb's public domain daemontools? Message-ID: <254DCE9D-5E28-4B21-99C5-F36283BB5AE6@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <CAETOPp0=6bgVQBWPzQc5QWGLwWtKF-yJEhDfx0pHnbstRH9UOw@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAETOPp2Wcww1_fPonru0c6XoX%2BAV_HWoGZKiEMvmY50a5%2ByxRQ@mail.gmail.com> <4F14E291.5090803@FreeBSD.org> <CAETOPp1z0TJecz8kjDvf7trEOS5eogrcqEtDveUYzN=J-SvDNQ@mail.gmail.com> <4F1502CD.90409@FreeBSD.org> <E4B18E7A-74A1-4388-AD79-05DD3E667DAE@bsdimp.com> <CAETOPp0=6bgVQBWPzQc5QWGLwWtKF-yJEhDfx0pHnbstRH9UOw@mail.gmail.com>
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On Jan 17, 2012, at 2:33 PM, Jos Backus wrote: > Let's not dismiss this out of hand. >=20 > Thanks, Warner. >=20 > I'm perfectly willing to make an effort moving FreeBSD forward in = this area once we can achieve consensus on what moving forward means. I = don't care about the implementation so much as having the functionality = available out of the box. Porting launchd sounds like a good plan. Sounds like a good idea. I know the current init stuff is weak and has = to be worked around. /etc/rc.d has no interaction with init at this = level, which is what the problem is. init has the ability to keep = things alive, but little flexibility. /etc/rc.d has the ability to = launch a bunch of stuff, but little ability to keep things alive. Any = improvement in this area is needed. launchd is a better solution still, = and I look forward to seeing it in the tree if you get it working. But to reiterate my point: the judgement will be on the result of the = work. If it is done poorly, it may not make it into the tree. If it = turns out that launchd has some fundamental incompatibility with = FreeBSD, you may have to do a lot of work for no gain in the tree. On = the other hand, it should work well and likely is less work than = integrating daemontools completely into the system (key point here is = completely). Warner
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