site_archiver@lists.apple.com Delivered-To: darwin-dev@lists.apple.com In message <57eba2250606031259l72c0082cx846e4795abde6ea1@mail.gmail.com>, "Benj amin Reed" writes:

I think the fundamental thing that's confusing about your argument is that your software already has to *know* how to *use* these resources, so why does it seem strange to you to also ask for them at runtime?

For a lot of them, the way to ask for them is Mac-only.

It's not like you expect to be able to write a bittorrent client by making a configuration file that says "this is a bittorrent client" and it magically does everything for you. There's some point at which your software's logic determines the resources needed, and you have to ask for them. Just because some of them were previously assumed doesn't mean it was correct to do so.

Yeah, but it was CONVENIENT.

Now, if you were saying "why isn't there an API where in a one-liner I can ask for the startup volume to be available?" that would be a good question. But saying "why can't I just pretend the resources are there because I used to be able to" is counterproductive, even if it's been traditionally true on other *NIXen.

It may be... But not allowing jobs to wait on dependencies, when we KNOW that many jobs want to be run that way, is also counterproductive. Offering a choice would be good.

If launchd could magically know how the system can support your software you'd be out of a job, it would be an AI that wrote your software for you. :)

I'm okay with a configuration file. I just want to be able to have launchd do the code for the common cases. -s _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Darwin-dev mailing list (Darwin-dev@lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/darwin-dev/site_archiver%40lists.appl... This email sent to site_archiver@lists.apple.com