Linux: concerns over systemd adoption and Debian's decision to switch
Larry Sheldon
larrysheldon at cox.net
Thu Oct 23 23:35:35 UTC 2014
On 10/23/2014 02:15, Matt Palmer wrote:
> This is the core problem with systemd, in my mind -- and what has gotten
> Linus, amongst other people, so thoroughly cheesed off with the systemd
> devs. They don't play well with other children. They don't appear
> particularly interested in reusing any existing code, because it's a lot
> more fun to write new code. I'm a strong proponent of Joel Spolsky's views
> on rewrites (sorry, no URL, I'm on the train) and I don't doubt that all the
> same problems will come to haunt systemd on its way from being the new kid
> on the block to being legacy code[1].
>
> - Matt
>
> [1] A computer industry term which means, "it works".
...and has for more than a month.
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