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modern init system

Open imxade opened this issue 2 years ago • 5 comments

Would love to see dinit as an init system.

s6 will also attract many users.

imxade avatar Aug 22 '22 18:08 imxade

I will look at dinit thanks, I don't have much time currently, but the hope is to develop a first party init system. dinit may be a good stop gap measure. I am definitely against s6, as systemd's issues are not just about the implementation in my opinion.

MagicRB avatar Aug 22 '22 18:08 MagicRB

I will look at dinit thanks, I don't have much time currently, but the hope is to develop a first party init system. dinit may be a good stop gap measure. I am definitely against s6, as systemd's issues are not just about the implementation in my opinion.

What is wrong with s6? I don't know much, it seemed like a decent option to me.

kuramashinobi13 avatar Nov 24 '22 01:11 kuramashinobi13

s6 is just copying systemd and systemd's issues are not just with the implementation but with everything.

MagicRB avatar Nov 24 '22 07:11 MagicRB

s6 is just copying systemd and systemd's issues are not just with the implementation but with everything.

If possible, can you please elaborate? Because from where I stay it really seems to be superior to systemd (at least to it) as it's faster, smaller, portable, etc. As far as I know it's also faster than runit or openrc (I may be making a mistake), so I'm really confused right now.

kuramashinobi13 avatar Nov 24 '22 08:11 kuramashinobi13

@kuramashinobi13 I personally don't like much more about systemd than just the implementation a lot of the design choices are silly. Requires vs Wants, the unstructured settings files which just create a mess. But I do have to admit that since this was opened I've grown less opposed to systemd-isims, so either s6 or dinit are on the table. Switching would resolve a lot of issues what I've had to work around currently...

MagicRB avatar Aug 14 '24 13:08 MagicRB

@imxade after, uh, 2 years or so, #42 exists

MagicRB avatar Oct 05 '24 20:10 MagicRB