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From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)
To: Omar Radwan <toxemicsquire4@gmail.com>
Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: How is Guix going to able to install GNOME if it has a systemd dependency?
Date: Fri, 05 Sep 2014 10:15:24 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87tx4m1o0z.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAMwaQAJY4MRQmgjWY2UKkY2vYedOQ=rOoGddzjoezussuJXwuQ@mail.gmail.com> (Omar Radwan's message of "Thu, 4 Sep 2014 17:37:31 -0700")

Omar Radwan <toxemicsquire4@gmail.com> skribis:

> How is Guix going to be able to install GNOME if Guix uses dmd while GNOME
> has a dependency for systemd?

My understanding is that GNOME can still be used without systemd.

> Will there be a compatiblity layer for systemd scripts?

Since systemd “unit” files are purely declarative, we could imagine have
a parser in dmd for these files that would automatically create the
corresponding <service> object.  There may be the problem that some
features and semantics may differ, so that will need more investigation.

> Or will GNOME have to go back to being init-agnostic?

Various OSes and distros rely on that, but I can’t tell if that’s
something the GNOME project will deem important.

Thanks,
Ludo’.

      reply	other threads:[~2014-09-05  8:16 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-09-05  0:37 How is Guix going to able to install GNOME if it has a systemd dependency? Omar Radwan
2014-09-05  8:15 ` Ludovic Courtès [this message]

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