void-linux/void-runit

Discussion: any potential interest for eventually adopting InitWare?

marek-lach opened this issue · 3 comments

marek-lach commented

Hypothetically speaking, a more lightweight, BSD-compatibile SystemD fork is in the works: https://github.com/InitWare/InitWare

What does the Void Linux community at large think about it's potential for fitting it into the Void's BSD inspired philosophy at a later date, over the current runit?

Vaelatern commented

We would need a reason to switch. I personally enjoy runit's simplicity for my system administration.

If it supports musl and all our platforms, maybe we could switch.

q66 commented

i'd be against switching (to initware specifically) even if we could

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ericonr commented

A much easier transition and with more immediate benefits would be s6-rc, IMO.

InitWare seems like it covers only parts of systemd functionality haphazardly and managed to switch to a worse build system.

Until

InitWare isn't ready to use yet!! Unless you are doing so for fun, to experiment, or to contribute, you most likely do not want to try to install InitWare until a first stable release is made!

is removed from their README, I don't think this discussion even makes sense; we don't know the final shape of the software.

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