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Diffstat (limited to 'open_issues')
| -rw-r--r-- | open_issues/Upstart.mdwn | 12 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | open_issues/shepherd.mdwn | 15 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | open_issues/systemd.mdwn | 6 |
3 files changed, 29 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/open_issues/Upstart.mdwn b/open_issues/Upstart.mdwn index c8a8347d..1972e197 100644 --- a/open_issues/Upstart.mdwn +++ b/open_issues/Upstart.mdwn @@ -8,11 +8,19 @@ Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled [[GNU Free Documentation License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] + +[[!template id=highlight text="""/!\ Obsolete /!\ + +--- + +[[systemd|Systemd]] has almost universally replaced upstart."""]] + Upstart is an event based init system that is GPL licensed, however upstream contributions are under a CLA that permits proprietary relicensing. -As of Jan 2 2013, Debian is considering adopting Upstart as an init system on -GNU/Linux, and on GNU/kFreeBSD when the port to kFreeBSD is finished. +Most major GNU/Linux distributions are choosing systemd as their init system +instead of upstart. The original upstart developers seem to have stopped +developing it. The following are the words of Colin Watson on the debian-ctte@lists.debian.org mailing list and list the requirements of a potential HURD port: diff --git a/open_issues/shepherd.mdwn b/open_issues/shepherd.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 00000000..e3dec117 --- /dev/null +++ b/open_issues/shepherd.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ +[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2013, 2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]] + +[[!meta license="""[[!toggle id="license" text="GFDL 1.2+"]][[!toggleable +id="license" text="Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this +document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or +any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant +Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license +is included in the section entitled [[GNU Free Documentation +License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] + +[[GNU Shepherd|https://www.gnu.org/software/shepherd/]] is the service manager that +is used by GuixSD. It is intended for use on the GNU/Hurd, and perhaps one day it will. + +[[!tag open_issue_porting]] + diff --git a/open_issues/systemd.mdwn b/open_issues/systemd.mdwn index efc46e93..dc8aa6e2 100644 --- a/open_issues/systemd.mdwn +++ b/open_issues/systemd.mdwn @@ -24,8 +24,10 @@ Introduction: [*Ressourcen-Verwaltung mit Control Groups (cgroups)* (german)](http://www.pro-linux.de/artikel/2/1464/ressourcen-verwaltung-mit-control-groups-cgroups.html), Daniel Gollub, Stefan Seyfried, 2010-10-14. -Likely there's also some other porting needed. - +Systemd uses Linux kernel specific mechanisms, which are not readily available +on gnumach or the GNU/Hurd. Porting systemd to work on the Hurd is a +daunting task. A better option is to use a portable init system, like the +the [[GNU Shepherd|open_issues/shepherd]], which is used in GuixSD. # Discussion |