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Bug 326865 - sys-apps/openrc - dead upstream
Summary: sys-apps/openrc - dead upstream
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: [OLD] Core system (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: High blocker
Assignee: Gentoo's Team for Core System packages
URL: http://roy.marples.name/projects/openrc
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Keywords:
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Blocks: 295613
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Reported: 2010-07-04 13:45 UTC by Lars Wendler (Polynomial-C) (RETIRED)
Modified: 2010-08-14 15:51 UTC (History)
16 users (show)

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Description Lars Wendler (Polynomial-C) (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2010-07-04 13:45:02 UTC
See URL, at the very bottom:


OpenRC is looking for a new home!

I no longer have the time or motivation to maintain OpenRC. This is partly because I no longer use Gentoo. If you wish to take over maintenance, email me.
Comment 1 Lars Wendler (Polynomial-C) (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2010-07-04 14:17:19 UTC
See also his blog @ http://roy.marples.name/projects/self/blog/

quote:

However, since I no longer use Gentoo I will not be maintaining  OpenRC anymore. That will need a new home. A big thanks to all the people who helped me work on it over the years :)
Comment 2 Davide Pesavento (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2010-07-04 15:58:47 UTC
IMHO we should abandon openrc and switch to something more modern and more maintained like upstart (bug #150190) or systemd (bug #318365). Personally I'd prefer the latter.
Comment 3 Rafał Mużyło 2010-07-04 18:01:17 UTC
Frankly, seeing as openrc never got into stable, even
though it went into the tree so long ago, I'm rather
skeptical about the chances of any new idea.
Comment 4 Opportunist 2010-07-04 18:26:57 UTC
i`m agree with Davide - we should use upstart or systemd
Comment 5 Jory A. Pratt gentoo-dev 2010-07-04 20:40:49 UTC
(In reply to comment #4)
> i`m agree with Davide - we should use upstart or systemd
> 

I am getting in touch with Roy to take maintainership so we can continue the development. Please do not panic give us a couple of weeks to work out the bugs so we can get a version to stable and continue development.
Comment 6 SpanKY gentoo-dev 2010-07-04 21:01:47 UTC
Gentoo is the upstream
Comment 7 Roy Marples 2010-07-04 22:33:22 UTC
(In reply to comment #2)
> IMHO we should abandon openrc and switch to something more modern and more
> maintained like upstart (bug #150190)

I recently installed Ubuntu on the PC my wife uses and ofc installed dhcpcd + friends. After dicking around with upstart a little I can say this:
It is highly unsuitable for Gentoo for one simple reason - the inability to turn services on or off. They are basically always on. Don't like it, move the /etc/init/${service}.conf out of the way.
Comment 8 Roy Marples 2010-07-04 22:40:56 UTC
(In reply to comment #3)
> Frankly, seeing as openrc never got into stable, even
> though it went into the tree so long ago, I'm rather
> skeptical about the chances of any new idea.

The fact that several people said they would attempt a stable push and then gave up (I was one - lol) says quite a bit really.