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diff --git a/DISTRO_PORTING b/DISTRO_PORTING index 419053832d..59e4e92291 100644 --- a/DISTRO_PORTING +++ b/DISTRO_PORTING @@ -1,5 +1,6 @@ Porting systemd To New Distributions +HOWTO: You need to make the follow changes to adapt systemd to your distribution: @@ -22,15 +23,35 @@ Porting systemd To New Distributions and you should be able to find the places where you need to add/change things. - 4) Try it out. + 4) Try it out. Play around with 'systemd --test + --running-as=init' for a test run of systemd without + booting. This will read the unit files and print the initial + transaction it would execute during boot-up. This will also + inform you about ordering loops and suchlike. CONTRIBUTING UPSTREAM: - We are interested in merging your changes upstream, if they are for a big, and well-known distribution. Unfortunately we don't have the time and resources to maintain distribution-specific patches for all distributions on the - planet, hence please do not send us patches that adds systemd - support to non-mainstream or niche distributions. + planet, hence please do not send us patches that add systemd + support for non-mainstream or niche distributions. Thank you for understanding. + +BE CONSIDERATE: + We'd like to keep differences between the distributions + minimal. This both simplifies our maintainance work, as well + as it helps administrators to move from one distribution to + another. + + Hence we'd like to ask you to keep your changes minimal, and + not rename any units without a very good reason (if you need a + particular name for compatibility reasons, consider using + alias names via symlinks). Before you make changes that change + semantics from upstream, please talk to us! + + In SysV almost every distribution uses a different + nomenclature and different locations for the boot-up + scripts. We'd like to avoid chaos like that with systemd right + from the beginning. So please, be considerate! |