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From: Nirbheek Chauhan <nirbheek@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] rfc: should openrc be mandatory on all gentoo systems?
Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2011 06:13:53
Message-Id: BANLkTi=oN+PuhgnVVr6M7dp8RCapmgWf4A@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] rfc: should openrc be mandatory on all gentoo systems? by Mike Frysinger
1 On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 11:37 AM, Mike Frysinger <vapier@g.o> wrote:
2 > On Wednesday, June 29, 2011 01:48:16 Nirbheek Chauhan wrote:
3 >> On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 10:35 AM, Mike Frysinger wrote:
4 >> > On Wednesday, June 29, 2011 00:04:57 Michał Górny wrote:
5 >> >> Honestly, I think a better solution would be to provide a convenience
6 >> >> function library, independent of OpenRC. Sourcing random internal
7 >> >> scripts of a random package is just broken by concept.
8 >> >
9 >> > except it hasnt been random and has clearly been defined by having
10 >> > existed since the beginning of Gentoo
11 >>
12 >> I have no idea what this is supposed to mean.
13 >
14 > /etc/init.d/functions.sh has existed for the last decade, and was long ago
15 > decided as the canonical public entry point for scripts external to baselayout
16 > (as opposed to a path in /sbin/).  it isnt going anywhere, and painting it as
17 > something in flux at this point is disingenuous.
18 >
19
20 So... Gentoo's base system can never change, and hence new init
21 systems are not welcome. Okay. Got it.
22
23 --
24 ~Nirbheek Chauhan
25
26 Gentoo GNOME+Mozilla Team

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