Init : someone could comment this ?
Les Mikesell
lesmikesell at gmail.com
Tue Jan 8 20:55:34 UTC 2008
Casey Dahlin wrote:
> Interfaces change. We like to keep them the same but snapping the reigns
> and yelling "giddyup" just isn't a suitable control mechanism for a car.
Great - how will you like it when the gas/brake pedals are reversed on
your next model?
> A new init system is likely going to have properties that inittab isn't
> capable of expressing.
What does that have to do with maintaining interfaces? If someone can't
write a backwards-compatible interface why should you trust them to be
able to improve something?
> Users will have to learn.
Or not.
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Les Mikesell
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