[Nix-dev] systemd on nixos

[Lluís Batlle i Rossell]

On Sat, Dec 31, 2011 at 09:14:20PM +0400, Michael Raskin wrote:
> >On Sat, Dec 31, 2011 at 08:58:44PM +0400, Yury G.  Kudryashov wrote:
> >> Lluís Batlle i Rossell wrote:
> >> 
> >> > On Sat, Dec 31, 2011 at 08:21:37PM +0400, Yury G.  Kudryashov wrote:
> >> >> Florian Friesdorf wrote:
> >> >> 
> >> >> > 
> >> >> > Has anybody investigated/thought about/worked on systemd[1] for nixos
> >> >> > already?
> >> >> I thought about this but had no time to actually do anything.
> >> > 
> >> > What is not working now, so we'd have to switch?
> >> We do not _have_ to switch but systemd allows one to bootup a computer much 
> >> faster (most bash scripts are replaced by config files) etc.
> >
> >I'd need some figures to compare. :)
> 
> I guess the idea is to make NixOS jobs multi-backend...
> 
> So you will be able to get all the figures you want.

I'm not against getting the systemd possibility. Perfect if we have that, if
that does not make nixos much more complex.

I was just looking for a nice reason to spend some effort for that. :)

I packaged bootchart some time ago, but never put it on nixos. That may be
interesting too.

Regards,
Lluís