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Re: initscripts and how many patches to carry

Subject: Re: initscripts and how many patches to carry
From: Matt Zimmerman
Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 22:14:20 -0700
On Fri, Sep 23, 2005 at 07:09:51AM +0200, Sami Dalouche wrote:
> > That said, we are interested in experimenting with alternative init systems,
> > including parallel/dependency based systems.
> 
> OK Great ! :) The only problem is that is has to remain compatible with 
> debian,
> otherwise all debian-daemons won't work :( So either debian has to accept some
> alternative init system, either we are limited to   on the current 
> one...

It would need to remain compatible anyway, in order to sanely carry out a
transition.

> > Yes, NetworkManager will take over this duty and operates in the background.
> 
> Great ! I didn't hear about it before. I tried to install the network-manager
> but I had no more connection straight after installing it, so I guess I'll see
> that later :) But it looks like it's built on dbus, so it must be 
> bleeding-edge
> stuff :)

It wasn't ready in time for 5.10; we plan to polish it up for 6.04.

-- 
 - mdz

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