Linux: concerns over systemd [OT]

Tue Oct 21 20:56:24 UTC 2014

Christopher Morrow wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 4:10 PM, Andrew Sullivan <asullivan at dyn.com> wrote:
>> On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 03:11:55PM -0400, Barry Shein wrote:
>>> But
>>> for example some of my servers boot in seconds.
>> One is reminded of a mail, included in the Preface to _The UNIX-HATERS
>> Handbook_, available at
> it's really not clear to me that 'reboots in seconds' is a thing to optimize...
>
> I suppose the win is:
>    "Is the startup/shutdown process clear, conscise and understandable
> at 3am local time?"
>
> followed by:
>    "Can I adjust my startup processes to meet my needs easily and
> without finding a phd in unix?"
>
> If systemd is simply a change in how I think about /etc/init.d/* and
> /etc/rc?.d/* cool, if it's more complexity and less EASY flexibility
> then it's a fail.
>

You guys REALLY don't want to wade into the swamp on debian-users -- the 
place is full of systemd fanboys and apologists, and anybody who raises 
real operational concerns resulting from the switch in default init 
systems.

I'm really pining for a LISP Machine right about now.

Miles Fidelman

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