Linux: concerns over systemd adoption and Debian's decision to switch

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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