[olug] Debian (Ubuntu): SysV init vs. Upstart

[Luke-Jr]

On Wednesday, October 27, 2010 04:47:09 pm Jay Hannah wrote:
> Fascinating. Hadn't noticed this before it popped up yesterday on our
> odlug.org "community development server." Apparently Debian and Ubuntu
> grew tired of System-V init ("traditional" /etc/init.d) just working fine
> forever and ever and are adopting Upstart as a replacement?

Ugh, Debian did too? :(

Upstart doesn't seem to really provide anything new. Just a case of Not 
Invented Here syndrome from Canonical... all its "features" were fixed in 
OpenRC/InitNG ages ago--WITHOUT breaking the entire standard.