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From: Nilesh Govindrajan <me@××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] systemd as a Profile - practical or not?
Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2014 17:17:24
Message-Id: 53039566.7010607@nileshgr.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] systemd as a Profile - practical or not? by Tanstaafl
1 On Tuesday 18 February 2014 09:54 PM, Tanstaafl wrote:
2 > Hi all,
3 >
4 > Ok, before I go and open up a bug requesting this...
5 >
6 > I know there have to be a lot of people on this list who can answer this
7 > question...
8 >
9 > Is making the use of systemd or not based on a selected Profile, as
10 > opposed to manually trying to do it via USE flags etc, a practical
11 > request, or not?
12 >
13 > Meaning:
14 >
15 > 1. is it doable,
16 >
17
18 Yes.
19
20 > 2. how hard (on a scale of 1/easy to 10/hard to impossible) would it
21 > be to do this, and
22 >
23
24 Peanuts.
25
26 > 3. regardless of the difficulty in achieving it, how hard would it be
27 > (on a scale of 1 (easy) to 10 (hard to impossible)) to maintain in
28 > the long run?
29 >
30
31 I don't think this is difficult. I've been using gnome/systemd since > 1
32 month & I have a Gentoo server which uses systemd as well.
33
34 > I'm hoping that even if the answer to #2 above is 7+, if the answer to
35 > #3 is 'relatively easy' or better, then maybe it still stands a chance
36 > of getting done.
37 >
38 > And incidentally, Canek, if I was a programmer, I'd be happy to
39 > volunteer to take it on, but alas I'm just a lowly user...
40 >
41 > Thanks...
42 >