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Re:OpenRC is a dependency-based init system for Unix-like sy... by PlutoIsAPlanet on Tuesday June 27, 2023 @01:54PM (#36496358)
It’s a system service manager, it being portable is not a requirement nor any benefit when BSD has nearly no traction in the desktop or server space other than a few cases.
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Re:OpenRC is a dependency-based init system for Unix-like sy... by yjftsjthsd-h on Tuesday June 27, 2023 @02:05PM (#36496514)
> it being portable is not a requirement nor any benefit when BSD has nearly no traction in the desktop or server space other than a few cases.

Is your argument that portability is irrelevant because nothing but (systemd/)GNU/Linux matters, or that service manager in particular don't need to be portable?

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Re:OpenRC is a dependency-based init system for Unix-like sy... by jmclnx on Tuesday June 27, 2023 @03:03PM (#36497281)
Some complex applications are starting to require systemd components. So yes, portability may become important to the BSDs.
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Re:OpenRC is a dependency-based init system for Unix-like sy... by Gud on Tuesday June 27, 2023 @03:19PM (#36497442)
Which applications?
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Re:OpenRC is a dependency-based init system for Unix-like sy... by bmacho on Tuesday June 27, 2023 @05:47PM (#36499113)
GNOME since more than 10 years
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Re:OpenRC is a dependency-based init system for Unix-like sy... by bandrami on Tuesday June 27, 2023 @09:16PM (#36501050)
Gnome runs on OpenBSD so it clearly doesn't "require" systemd
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Re:OpenRC is a dependency-based init system for Unix-like sy... by navi-desu on Tuesday June 27, 2023 @09:33PM (#36501164)
gnome hard depends on systemd, so much that for it, *bsd (and any non-systemd unix-like) had to write a systemd-shim to emulate some functions of it, and/or gut some of systemd's components such as logind in to elogind
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Re:OpenRC is a dependency-based init system for Unix-like sy... by bandrami on Tuesday June 27, 2023 @09:57PM (#36501359)
Not for a while now; accountsservice runs fine with cosolekit. I still don't understand why the broader Linux ecosystem burned the better part of a decade on the long-solved problem of "who is logged in to this TTY?", but whatever floats their boat...
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Re:OpenRC is a dependency-based init system for Unix-like sy... by lockhouse on Tuesday June 27, 2023 @04:16PM (#36498088)
BSD is used in a lot more than you think due to solid engineering and a non-viral commercial friendly license.
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