X-Git-Url: https://pere.pagekite.me/gitweb/homepage.git/blobdiff_plain/f1f85e691ce85f5b4a5396f129f3960d7d970b05..e57109f196de8b39dbb0a8b27fd68db2bf50c35e:/blog/index.rss diff --git a/blog/index.rss b/blog/index.rss index 2225417371..ebbb9bec91 100644 --- a/blog/index.rss +++ b/blog/index.rss @@ -6,6 +6,47 @@ http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/ + + 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> + + + Parallellizing the boot in Debian Squeeze - ready for wider testing http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Parallellizing_the_boot_in_Debian_Squeeze___ready_for_wider_testing.html @@ -378,30 +419,5 @@ and have just a few weeks or months to make it happen.</p> - - Danmark går for ODF? - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Danmark_g__r_for_ODF_.html - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Danmark_g__r_for_ODF_.html - Fri, 29 Jan 2010 12:00:00 +0100 - -<p>Ble nettopp gjort oppmerksom på en -<a href="http://www.version2.dk/artikel/13690-breaking-odf-vinder-dokumentformat-krigen ">nyhet fra Version2</a> -fra Danmark, der det hevdes at Folketinget har vedtatt at ODF skal -brukes som dokumentutvekslingsformat i Staten.</p> - -<p>Hyggelig lesning, spesielt hvis det viser seg at de av vedtatt -kravlisten for hva som skal aksepteres som referert i kommentarfeltet -til artikkelen og -<a href="http://www.version2.dk/artikel/13693-er-ooxml-doemt-ude-her-er-kravene-til-en-offentlig-dokumentstandard">en -annen artikkel</a> i samme nett-avis. Liker spesielt godt denne:</p> - -<p><blockquote> Det skal demonstreres, at standarden i sin helhed kan -implementeres af alle direkte i sin helhed på flere -platforme.</blockquote></p> - -<p>Noe slikt burde være et krav også i Norge.</p> - - -