[nylug-talk] ubuntu looking to replace init

[Ron Guerin]

Peter C. Norton wrote:
> It looks like the ubuntu team will be replacing init with a program
> they're calling upstart.
> 
> http://fridge.ubuntu.com/node/535
> 
> This is a really great, idea. I've been working with sun's SMF for a
> week or so now, and I think they've got some of the right ideas, but
> some of the wrong ones, too. I'm going to be following this and
> hopefuly the ubuntu folks will get this right.
> 
> #1 thing they're doing right is making the system event-driven. This
>  is something that is very wrong with the current init system.

I'd caught wind of this in the various threads about why some
high-profile Debian developers have quit and gone over to Ubuntu,
including "the upstart guy", Scott James Remnant.  Debian's "management
system" has clearly been broken for many years now, and they just don't
seem to have the will to fix it, which is a shame... but I have to
agree, something like this would never have come out of Debian, they're
much too busy being concerned with ripping necessary firmware out of
drivers, and ripping out and putting back GNU FDL documentation.

*sigh*

- Ron