On Sun, Aug 24, 2025 at 11:44:53AM -0300, altoid via Dng wrote:
> On 23 Aug 2025 at 12:46, disparage.solvency678@??? wrote:
>
> > ... switch an existing daedalus system from sysvinit to runit ...
> Please excuse my ignorance in this specific matter ie: init software
> but I have a question:
>
> Why?
>
> Meaning: what convenience/s | advantage/s does [runit] offer your
> system (which you do not specify as a desktop or server) with respect
> to [sysvinit]?

Leaving aside subjective considerations about convenience (it can cut
both ways), runit has the advantage of performing service supervision.
If your service dies, runit can restart it; sysvinit won't. (Well it
would for any services actually registered directly in /etc/inittab but
only the gettys are typically.)