IMHO, the 'Reference Platform'
should use the simplest approach. As this is admitted to being
inttab, it would seem the 'Reference Platform' should utilize that
approach.
While inittab isn't nearly as flexible as daemontools, it is one
less complication for an installation that is already complicated.
Joel, you've done an excellent job documenting things; I'm just of
the opinion that someone new to OpenACS is going to be overwhelmed with
all the extras involved in installation of daemontools. To go a
step further, an initscript setup might be the best newbie approach,
even though that is the least desireable from a reliability standpoint.
Once a body gets better at it, they may very well decide to use the
more powerful daemontools approach; but is that approach best for a
novice?
I personally don't care what the docs say, for my purposes. But
as RPM maintainer for PostgreSQL, I get newbies' questions all the time
-- some can't figure out why a major upgrade of PostgreSQL can't be
automatic, for instance. The simpler the docs: the simpler the
Reference Platform -- the fewer 'newbie error' questions we'll get.
YMMV.
