Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] Linus Torvalds on systemd

[Rich Freeman]

On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 3:28 PM, James <wireless@×××××××××××.com> wrote:
> Linus should make a clear, leadership statement that there will
> always be a path for folks to use another mechanism besides systemd
> in the linux kernel;  This does not have to be a systemd vs cgroups
> discussion, but it being presented this way. A  clear statement
> of multiplicity will put this issue to rest once and for all. By not stating
> clearly was is obvious, many technically astute folks are looking for
> options. Surely a fork is emminent and it will most likely be
> the best thing to happen to linux, as the entire kernel development
> process has become tainted by those with billions of dollars.

Uh, the only thing the Linux kernel does is spawn a single process as
PID 1 and offer a VERY STABLE system call interface for that and
future processes to make requests.  Nobody is going to break sysvinit
if that happens to be the thing you tell Linux to execute as PID 1.

Whether anybody else actually supports sysvinit is a different matter.
I'm sure it will be around in Gentoo for a long time, and those with
official Gentoo support contracts will get the same care they are used
to.  :)

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Rich