[gobolinux-devel] Boot sequence enhancement

[Thomas Heller]

Hi,
As I am new to GoboLinux and this list i just want to say hello, and say that 
i like the way gobo linux is going and the realisation is pretty good, from 
what i saw.
But on the other side, as i did the installation, i noticed some not so 
good "features" one thing i disliked was, how the boot process gets 
configured, and the you handle "Tasks", as I am used to handle 
with /etc/init.d and some simple configuration file here is the proposal to 
the boot sequence:

extending the Config file /System/Settings/BootOptions with a parameter, lets 
say BootTasks which holds a whitespace sperated list of tasks to start at 
boot time. This would make the current the current scheme, where you have to 
edit /System/Settings/BootScripts/* to have the correct behaviour.
One benefit would be that you only have one place to configure the boot 
sequence.
Another benefit would be a much cleaner and safer way to control the boot 
sequence for the user.

What do you think about that?
I won't be able to to answer you until sunday evening, but if you like that 
idea i could write a patch for the current bootscripts.

Greetings,
Thomas Heller