On 09/20/2009 06:28 PM, Steve Grubb wrote:
Well, I am probably part of that 0.000001% who would like some services to start on-demand. For example I don't print all the time and I prefer to have cups start only when needed, then die instead of having it waiting for no real purpose. Now, this is a case in which it doesn't make sense (you start xinetd instead of cups for no real gain) but it can be useful with some setups.Not at all. These days the only need for xinetd is in memory constrained systems. For mainline x86_64 bought with typically 4Gb of main memory, xinetd is a thing of the past. That's my point.
Even if I have a quad-core system with 4Gb of memory available I always prefer to find a better use for it.
-- Lorenzo V.