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sysvinit does not require shell scripts, does it? You could put binary programs into /etc/init.d just as well.


This wouldn't play very well with "modern" versions of sysvinit: http://wiki.debian.org/LSBInitScripts

Besides, it's more a case of changing from a list of imperative programs replete with code duplication to a declarative model, rather than going from shell scripts to $language_of_the_day scripts. This is what I tried (and failed) to express in my earlier post.




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