Debate Init System To Use
Current Options
(These options are not in any particular order)
sysvinit (status quo)
?openrc (not available in sid )
- One system on Linux, something else on non-linux
Summary Table
Option\Question |
Hurd Support/Planned |
kFreeBSD Support/Planned |
.service support |
.unit support |
Y |
Y |
N |
N |
|
N/? |
N/? |
Y |
N |
|
N/? |
N/? |
? |
Y |
|
?openrc |
?/? |
?/? |
? |
? |
Open Questions
(These questions are not in any particular order)
- Transition plan
- Support for Hurd/kFreeBSD
- Support for init.d scripts
- Support for other systems
- ????
Mailing List Discussions
Potential benefits and wishlist items resulting from a change
|
?openrc |
|||
Background info |
Current/traditional solution, simple, well known |
Fedora's solution |
Ubuntu's solution |
|
Hurd support/planned |
Y |
N/? |
N/? |
?/? |
kFreeBSD Support/Planned |
Y |
N/? |
N/? |
?/? |
.service support |
N |
Y |
? |
? |
.unit support |
N |
N |
Y |
? |
Dependencies |
? |
? |
? |
? |
Responds to hotplug devices |
? |
? |
? |
? |
starting multiple instances of a daemon |
? |
? |
? |
? |
clustering |
? |
? |
? |
? |
integration with monitoring/fault recovery tools |
? |
? |
? |
? |