SysV init should be replaced or additional init-variants should be made available as packages that drop in smoothly. SysV is known to be a beast to maintain (utils like chkconfig and update-rc disguise not solve the problem) and the whole runlevel concept is not quite up with time. (who really uses more than two for "single user" and "boot like everyday"?) I propose minit (http://www.fefe.de/minit), a variant of that, or a tool based on that for a start. Vanilla BSD-init (and others) should become an option too, for them who prefer that. (which linux-distro are the bsd-friends going to try when it comes to "trying linux" for anything then?)
there's nothing on that link
1) Please read up on our rc-scripts. http://www.gentoo.org/doc/rc-scripts.html Also checkout: http://hints.linuxfromscratch.org/hints/bsd-init.txt http://wombat.san-francisco.ca.us/faqomatic/cache/37.html Gentoo's rc-scripts have borrowed from many sources, and cannot really be said to be sysv, bsd or whatever. We actually do differ a lot from traditional sysv, and also borrow from bsd (rc.conf, etc). 2) As for runlevels, yes, we do support them, but in general only use two. The DM (xdm/gdm/kdm) is started via a script. Also, please check before you make statements that holds true for yourself. I know about a few people that uses the "virtual runlevels" Gentoo's rc-scripts provide to handle things like different network with different devices, at say home and work. You are also flawed in saying that bsd init style do not have runlevel. Check above two links (a few of many that describe the differences). 3) SysV and BSD uses the same init (again refer to links above), and this really do sound more as a move to get us use to use/support minit. Sorry, but as for myself, I do not want this, as I think our rc-scripts are more advanced then minit (dependencies, extra features, etc). I and others have also put in too much work. If you want to use minit, fine, the tools should be out there in Gentoo to do so with ease if you like. 4) I will gladly research and implement your idea. Unfortunately my time is limited as I do still need to work to keep food on the table. Gentoo sponsorship or sponsoring me so that I can do fulltime Gentoo development could thus help if you really need this. 5) I would in general not take heed of people who use frases like: I r 0|\|3 1337 h4x0r (or whatever) :/
Same here .. what is up with changing who this is assigned to ?
owner = blizzy
