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Subject: Re: Replacing rc(8) (Was: FreeBSD Boot Times)
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On 06/19/2012 04:12 PM, Garrett Cooper wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 11:12 AM, Richard Yao <ryao@gentoo.org> wrote:
>> On 06/19/2012 12:50 PM, Doug Barton wrote:
>>> On 6/18/2012 4:05 PM, Richard Yao wrote:
>>>> Doug, we already have OpenRC implemented. You can install Gentoo FreeBSD
>>>> in a jail, install regular FreeBSD in another jail and do your own
>>>> performance comparisons.
>>>
>>> Bzzzzzzzzt! Thanks for playing. :)  You're the one proposing the change,
>>> YOU get to do the performance comparisons. If you want a rough idea of
>>> what I personally would consider to be a robust test, don't hesitate to
>>> ask. I'm sure others would have ideas as well.
>>
>> Would you elaborate on what you consider to be a robust test? I really
>> have no idea.
> 
>     It might be an ok smoke test, but it's hardly a realistic
> test/comparison as the pseudo startup for a jail and a real system
> aren't close to being the same (this is in part because of how jails
> function).
> Thanks,
> -Garrett

Would you elaborate on what you consider to be acceptable? Honestly, I
am not certain if you will appreciate any tests unless you do them yourself.