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From: Rich Freeman <rich0@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev <gentoo-dev@l.g.o>, openrc@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: rfc: status of OpenRC's public API
Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2013 22:21:02
Message-Id: CAGfcS_moeRE=MzvqQnRb1p7VziDsXNfSXXxyuYLrjM8St6q3Pg@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] Re: rfc: status of OpenRC's public API by "Steven J. Long"
1 On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 7:28 AM, Steven J. Long
2 <slong@××××××××××××××××××.uk> wrote:
3 > It's only an issue at system-level when your code is dependent on what the
4 > higher layer is going to do with your output, or requires a specific higher
5 > layer to run at all(!).
6
7 I think the real issue is the lack of any kind of standardization
8 around an API for a service manager. For eons there really hasn't
9 been any kind of cross-distro service manager in the first place, let
10 alone a standard interface for them.
11
12 The vertical integration issues mainly seem to stem from a lack of any
13 kind of abstraction at this layer.
14
15 Rich

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