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Subject: Re: Replacing rc(8) (Was: FreeBSD Boot Times)
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On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 03:43:37PM -0400, Outback Dingo wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 8:48 AM, Atte Peltomäki <atte.peltomaki@iki.fi> wrote:
> > On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 02:09:38PM -0400, Richard Yao wrote:
> >> Also, I am certain that the OpenRC developers would be thrilled if
> >> FreeBSD adopted OpenRC. If FreeBSD core is interested in OpenRC, feel
> >> free to contact the OpenRC and/or the Gentoo FreeBSD developers. We
> >> would all love to see OpenRC in upstream FreeBSD.
> >
> > Replacing rc(8) has a lot of risks and not many benefits. Current system
> > is somewhat limited, but it works, it's simple to understand and
> > everyone already knows it and uses it.
> >
> > Solaris SMF is by far the most advanced bootup/service manager I've come
> > across,   [...]
> >
> > Personally, as much as I like power of SMF, I think FreeBSD devs have
> > much more important (and interesting) things to do.
> 
> Theres  always Launchd also.........

Launchd is strikingly similar to SMF, which probably isn't a
coincidence, knowing how much other code Apple pulled from Solaris
during those days.

-- 
Atte Peltomäki
     atte.peltomaki@iki.fi <> http://kameli.org
"Your effort to remain what you are is what limits you"