Dear Slackers
There is a discussion going around if systemd is inevitable on slackware.
Slackware is better off without systemd.

If really the init system on slackware has to be changed (which I feel is unwanted, unwarranted) I request Patrick Volkerding and other core developers to consider S6 or Runit
Let slackware be unique. With slackware, is Gentoo / Funtoo using OpenRC. Let others go wherever they want
A former Archlinux user. Easy to get 'banned' on their forums. Just talk something negative about systemd, and you are out.

How about everybody just stop talking about systemd? :/

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The only problem with runit is that it is not maintained and nobody is using it.

Dragora Linux uses Runit. The author, Gerit Pape can be contacted on the forums

S6 appears to be active

On the other hand, we can just keep what we have 'cause it ain't broke !

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Mark

Right, only in the case of eventuality, I said. Hope Pat's thought's remain same as you said.
In one of his posts, I thought that I sensed a bit wavering, so...

Dragora is pretty neat, but it's very immature still. It doesn't even ship with cryptsetup.

If it became necessary, I'd like to see how OpenRC could be implemented on Slackware. However, RUnit and S6 seem viable as well due to their concept of being UNIX oriented and friendly. Slackware aims to be UNIX-like, not Red Hat, Ubuntu, or Other-Linux-like.

Systemd just isn't too stable or well conceived to be a viable alternative to the BSD-derived SysVInit we use. It's Alpha-ware. Patrick already has a history of ONLY using stable and trusted software within Slackware so that's more than likely to remain the state of the system.

There are at least about a dozen or so Init systems that are far more developed and admin friendly than systemd is as it's still Alpha-Class software and realistically nowhere near stable or reliable enough for a production level OS for server or desktop systems..

BootScripts, DEMONS, eINIT, Initng, launchd, mudur, Solaris's System Management Facility, System Starter, Upstart, OpenRC, Classic BSD-Init, even BusyBox's Init. And there are probably more.

Small correction regarding Dragora GNU/Linux. Selk (Matias. A. Fonzo), Maintainer of Dragora, has confirmed (over the mailing list and on IRC at freenode) that in the Dragora GNU/Linux 3.0, SysvinitV + Perp would be the init system, perp provides the supervision

Obarun, which shipped with runit earlier, has changed over to S6 init system. Further development with runit is halted, as per the info on their website

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Let me quote Patrick Volkerding:
here:there:Nothing to add.

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What does this have to do with Slackware?

Agreed.

I see you guys seriously enjoys the archeology.

How about to try your skills in Egypt? They still try to find the Tuthankamon's mommy...

For gods sake! You just revived an FOUR years old, dead an buried thread!

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The OP revived the thread.