initscripts and how many patches to carry

[Matt Zimmerman]

On Fri, Sep 23, 2005 at 02:15:05AM +0200, Sami Dalouche wrote:
> concerning initscripts.
> It has been recently discussed on debian mailing list whether to accept a patch
> that allows parallel launch of init scripts with the same runlevel.
> 
> Of course, as usual, debian won't accept this patch officially before 2 or 3
> years because it is not Debian-policy correct or some obscure reasons.
> 
> However, would Ubuntu be willing to accept such a patch ? I mean, current
> startup time is pretty slow, and this could potentially help on powerful
> machines.

There is much more to implementing this idea than a single patch, and I
certainly cannot comment on whether a change is acceptable without seeing
the code.

That said, we are interested in experimenting with alternative init systems,
including parallel/dependency based systems.

> BTW, is there any plan on having ifup of network interfaces NOT blocking
> startup, but just do as, let's say windows, let do the dhcp in the background ?

Yes, NetworkManager will take over this duty and operates in the background.

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 - mdz