From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Wayne Subject: Shepherd and Guille Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2018 20:39:31 -0400 Message-ID: <20181030203931.Horde.EDavbeYeoefPBQZ9euUxC25@mail.ingiro.xyz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed; DelSp=Yes Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:45256) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gHeYg-0002Jn-8E for help-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 30 Oct 2018 20:40:30 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gHeYd-00014U-0t for help-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 30 Oct 2018 20:40:30 -0400 Received: from ghostvegan.com ([67.231.244.106]:36417) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gHeYa-0000Xm-J2 for help-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 30 Oct 2018 20:40:25 -0400 Received: from [::1] (port=59966 helo=webserver96.turnkeywebspace.com) by webserver96.turnkeywebspace.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1.2:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:128) (Exim 4.91) (envelope-from ) id 1gHeXk-0003bE-02 for help-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 30 Oct 2018 20:39:32 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-guix-bounces+gcggh-help-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Help-Guix" To: Help Guix ahoy all, i have been researching GuixSD and Guille a bit, hoping to take the plunge soon. the nice community here is definitely a big plus :) i came across the following article https://davmac.wordpress.com/2018/10/26/on-the-vagaries-of-init-systems/ which raises some issues with the Shepherd init system (towards the end in the section "Robustness and failure modes"), in particular with its use of an interpreted and garbage collected language. i was wondering if anyone here with knowledge about this would care to comment on the validity of these concerns? regardless, thanks for the work on GuixSD and company. peace, w -- https://waynedpj.ingiro.xyz