A runit-Obarun?

Aansel · Jan 1, 2023

Hello,

I dare ask if the possibility of a runit version of Obarun has ever been considered / is possible. I know there is already Artix which provides it, but since they still use elogind...

Runit is easier for noobs like myself, and Obarun is so very neat in many aspects.

But anyway, I know it would at the least require a lot of effort on your part and I would understand that you may simply not feel like it.

Thanks!

Nncmprhnsbl · Jan 2, 2023

far be it for me to speak for eric ..
but, i'll just point out: obarun's original incarnation was runit based (my understanding of the name origin: ob=openbox + a=arch + run=runit )
until: http://forum.obarun.org/viewtopic.php?id=366

SSkatanafas · Jan 5, 2023

there is also joborun which allows runit and s6/66 to coexist and so you can choose at bootloader which one to boot. Only by running both, side by side, same services if possible, can one realize and accept the superiority of s6/66 or admire the primitiveness of runit, even though it is as young as systemd.

Runit hasn't had one dot of a commit in nearly 8yrs, even the git for it folded and the code exists within a tarball that everyone from debian to void to antix use as source. As the author said there were no bugs for a long time and the software met or exceeded its goals. There is nothing left to do. So once it is set up in a system don't expect anything to affect it, unless bash upgrades somehow are not having backwards compatibility and that may cause runit to fail. Very slim chance of that ever happening.