X-Git-Url: http://pere.pagekite.me/gitweb/homepage.git/blobdiff_plain/ecacb56fb9b7c1f2be3a1c0aa32bf4c58a96452e..318d4ca9845993a439cfe996542c2cd0a0d29a53:/blog/index.rss diff --git a/blog/index.rss b/blog/index.rss index c751f93164..af8f05a109 100644 --- a/blog/index.rss +++ b/blog/index.rss @@ -6,6 +6,21 @@ http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/ + + A manual for standards wars... + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/A_manual_for_standards_wars___.html + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/A_manual_for_standards_wars___.html + Sun, 6 Jun 2010 14:15:00 +0200 + +<p>Via the +<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/robweir/antic-atom/~3/QzU4RgoAGMg/weekly-links-10.html">blog +of Rob Weir</a> I came across the very interesting essay named +<a href="http://faculty.haas.berkeley.edu/shapiro/wars.pdf">The Art of +Standards Wars</a> (PDF 25 pages). I recommend it for everyone +following the standards wars of today.</p> + + + Sitesummary tip: Listing computer hardware models used at site http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Sitesummary_tip__Listing_computer_hardware_models_used_at_site.html @@ -385,46 +400,5 @@ written yet.</p> - - systemd, an interesting alternative to upstart - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/systemd__an_interesting_alternative_to_upstart.html - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/systemd__an_interesting_alternative_to_upstart.html - Thu, 13 May 2010 22:20:00 +0200 - -<p>The last few days a new boot system called -<a href="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd">systemd</a> -has been -<a href="http://0pointer.de/blog/projects/systemd.html">introduced</a> - -to the free software world. I have not yet had time to play around -with it, but it seem to be a very interesting alternative to -<a href="http://upstart.ubuntu.com/">upstart</a>, and might prove to be -a good alternative for Debian when we are able to switch to an event -based boot system. Tollef is -<a href="http://bugs.debian.org/580814">in the process</a> of getting -systemd into Debian, and I look forward to seeing how well it work. I -like the fact that systemd handles init.d scripts with dependency -information natively, allowing them to run in parallel where upstart -at the moment do not.</p> - -<p>Unfortunately do systemd have the same problem as upstart regarding -platform support. It only work on recent Linux kernels, and also need -some new kernel features enabled to function properly. This means -kFreeBSD and Hurd ports of Debian will need a port or a different boot -system. Not sure how that will be handled if systemd proves to be the -way forward.</p> - -<p>In the mean time, based on the -<a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2010/05/msg00122.html">input -on debian-devel@</a> regarding parallel booting in Debian, I have -decided to enable full parallel booting as the default in Debian as -soon as possible (probably this weekend or early next week), to see if -there are any remaining serious bugs in the init.d dependencies. A -new version of the sysvinit package implementing this change is -already in experimental. If all go well, Squeeze will be released -with parallel booting enabled by default.</p> - - -