Linux: concerns over systemd adoption and Debian's decision to switch [OT]
Jay Ashworth
jra at baylink.com
Fri Oct 24 20:29:48 UTC 2014
----- Original Message -----
> From: "Lamar Owen" <lowen at pari.edu>
> Speaking from my own experience, the actually relevant and
> package-specific guts of the typical initscript could be easily
> replaced by a simple text configuration that simply gives:
>
> 1.) What to start
> 2.) When to start it (traditional initscripts work on a linear
> timeline
> of priority slots; systemd units have more flexibility)
> 3.) How to start it (command line options)
>
> This should not need to be an executable script. This is what systemd
> brings to the table (Upstart brought some of this, too).
That is a perfectly valid point. We don't dislike systemd because it does
that. We dislike it because it doesn't *only* do that.
Cheers,
-- jr 'see also IPv6' a
--
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