IMHO, for desktop usage upstart has great potential. But for servers it's a net loss. Booting a few seconds faster doesn't matter as much as stability and simplicity. I just wish there was some way to save all of this asynchronous cleverness for the desktop. In a few years once Ubuntu and Debian transition fully to upstart we should be OK, but now it's ugly out there.
Many thanks to everyone who helped track down this regression, which effected TurnKey Linux users of the new TurnKey Core Lucid-based beta as well:
https:/ /bugs.launchpad .net/turnkeylin ux/+bug/ 596560
IMHO, for desktop usage upstart has great potential. But for servers it's a net loss. Booting a few seconds faster doesn't matter as much as stability and simplicity. I just wish there was some way to save all of this asynchronous cleverness for the desktop. In a few years once Ubuntu and Debian transition fully to upstart we should be OK, but now it's ugly out there.