NewInit and red plans ( aka "is it true that redhat linux is not unix" )

Rahul Sundaram sundaram at fedoraproject.org
Thu Jan 25 13:54:37 UTC 2007


Bela Pesics wrote:
> Just out of curiosity, isn't redhat interested in this feature? It's
> alright if not, before someone briefs me on the joyful relationship of
> red and the community.
> 
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/FeatureNewInit?highlight=%28CategoryFedora7Features%29 
> 
> 
> Btw. does redhat have plans, long term strategy or case studies about
> the detrimental effect of traditional unix leftovers? At the current
> state rhel5 and the ongoing fc branch seemingly enjoys this tradition,
> and there's no sign of real change.
> 
> Is this indeed the future?

Interested in a change and someone needs to look at the different init 
systems and evaluate them. See 
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/FeatureNewInit. The change itself 
is unlikely to happen for Fedora 7.

Rahul




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