Linux: concerns over systemd [OT]

Mon Oct 27 15:22:05 UTC 2014

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gregory Boyce" <gregory.boyce at gmail.com>
> > On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 5:17 PM, Jeffrey Ollie <jeff at ocjtech.us>
> > wrote:
> >> I think that Debian's plan to allow multiple init systems
> >> (irregardless of which one is default) is a bad plan. The
> >> non-default
> >> ones won't get any love - at some point they'll just stop working
> >> (or
> >> indeed, work at all).
> >
> > If they break then one of two things will happen:
> >
> > 1) Someone will fix it.
> >
> > 2) No one will fix it because no one cares. If no one cares, then it
> > being broken doesn't matter.
> >
> > Killing off choice/alternatives just in case no one cares about them
> > isn't especially helpful.

3) A lot of people who do care and either cannot afford to or are 
technically competent to fix it are screwed.

Cheers,
-- jra
-- 
Jay R. Ashworth                  Baylink                       jra at baylink.com
Designer                     The Things I Think                       RFC 2100
Ashworth & Associates       http://www.bcp38.info          2000 Land Rover DII
St Petersburg FL USA      BCP38: Ask For It By Name!           +1 727 647 1274