[Nix-dev] How to get rid of systemd (was: Modifying the initsystem (introducing S6 supervision suite))

[Ertugrul Söylemez]

Hi Michael,

> Well, with NixPkgs having multiple instances of a package installed
> requires zero support from the package expression itself. I do think
> that services becoming more like packages would be a good thing, but
> currently I have no idea how to do this except by just giving up the
> module system.

I don't think we need to or even should give up the module system.  Some
settings are global (like the hostname and most boot options), and the
module system makes those a lot easier to manage.

This proposal is only for services and service-like entities.


Greets,
Ertugrul