Linux: concerns over systemd [OT]

Wed Oct 22 20:57:26 UTC 2014

Once upon a time, Valdis.Kletnieks at vt.edu <Valdis.Kletnieks at vt.edu> said:
> Actually, systemd 216 will cram systemd-timesyncd down your throat even
> if you had ntpd installed.

Yeah, I think a lot of the upset with systemd is not so much with the
core daemon that runs as PID 1, but with the massive scope creep that
the systemd project appears to have.  Why should a project centered
around an init system start reimplementing system logging, network
management (and a DHCP client), clock management, etc.?

> Lennart's attitude was pretty much "why would anybody want to run ntpd
> when they have our SNTP implementation":

Wow, maybe because SNTP is inferior to an actual NTP daemon in just
about every way?
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Chris Adams <cma at cmadams.net>