On 06/21/2012 09:13 AM, heroxbd@... wrote:
> Hey Luca,
> 
> Luca Barbato <lu_zero@g.o> writes:
> 
>> Let's try to get the basis of evaluation for a boot system:
>>
>> - The checklist on the openrc wiki
> 
> ok, at present we have sysvinit, Upstart, systemd and OpenRC. I will try
> to add smf and launchd in the same style.
> 
>> - boot time
>>   - how many seconds to go from boot to desktop?
>>   - how many seconds to go from boot to *usable* desktop?
>>     Beware that some systems use a number of stupid (IMHO) tricks to
>>     to get the first number down, so you end up with a desktop but
>>     not fully usable. (Hi MacOSX Lion)
>>   - how many seconds to get the network up and a service running?
>> - shutdown time 
>>   - how many seconds to go from running to halt?
>>     Apparently people care about it as well
> 
> Hmm, let me try. I guess they can be just a raw reference. because the
> software and hardware involved are different.

I guess you could prepare something (look at bootchart2) and document
how to use it and make examples, then hopefully call for users with
similar hardware or time and resources to setup some vm.

lu


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Luca Barbato
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