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From: "Michał Górny" <mgorny@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Cc: alan.mckinnon@×××××.com
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Making systemd more accessible to "normal" users
Date: Tue, 21 May 2013 07:17:50
Message-Id: 20130521091011.15c55047@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Making systemd more accessible to "normal" users by Alan McKinnon
1 On Tue, 21 May 2013 09:03:54 +0200
2 Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com> wrote:
3
4 > On 21/05/2013 05:03, Daniel Campbell wrote:
5 > > That's missing the point. If you don't run systemd, having unit files is
6 > > pointless. Thankfully there's INSTALL_MASK and whatnot, but that seems
7 > > like a hack instead of something more robust. Why include systemd unit
8 > > files (by default, with no systemd USE flag, thanks to the council...)
9 > > on a system that's not using it? 154 files isn't negligible unless
10 > > you're flippant with your system and don't care about bloat. Unused
11 > > software sitting around *is* a waste of disk-space.
12 > >
13 > > Some people (like myself) came to Gentoo to avoid putting systemd on
14 > > their systems and to make use of the great choice that Gentoo allows.
15 > > This push to make systemd a "first level citizen" or whatever reeks of
16 > > marketing. If there is desire among users for unit files, they can
17 > > contact upstream or maintain their own set of unit files. It's not like
18 > > they're hard to write.
19 > >
20 >
21 > <amused long-term user chipping in>
22 >
23 > This is such a weak argument it's quite laughable.
24 >
25 > I don't like gnu info files. Neither me nor anyone I know can figure out
26 > how to drive info.
27
28 Arrows move the cursor, enter follows links, '/' searches. And don't
29 dare touch anything else because nobody knows what could happen!
30
31 --
32 Best regards,
33 Michał Górny

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