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On 22 September 2014 10:26, Frank Peters <frank.peters@×××××××.net> wrote: |
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> I do not use openrc, eudev, or anything similar, and I have no plans |
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> to ever use systemd. All of these things are *unnecessary* at present. |
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> I simply do not need them and do not foresee a time where I will |
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> ever need them. In spite of any purported technical superiority they |
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> still remain *optional*. |
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> My system is booted and configured using my own custom scripts and |
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> I doubt that anyone would be interested in those. They work very well |
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> for me and as a consequence I have no interest in contributing to |
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> alternatives that I'll never utilize. (In fact, I would encourage |
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> everyone to develop his own set of boot/config routines. It is |
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> not that difficult.) |
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Diversity isn't about feeding people who feels everything not-invented |
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here is godawful. When you have a clearly defined problem and you can |
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create a solution that satisfies that niche better than any other |
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solutions, that is diversity. If you just want to keep using your own |
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stuffs but you don't have a clearly defined niche you want to solve, I |
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don't have any sympathy for that. |
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> The concern is that one day this will no longer be possible due to |
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> the hegemony imposed by players such as those already mentioned. |
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> I believe that this concern is a valid one. It will not happen |
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> overnight but these changes will slowly creep into the Linux |
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> universe. |
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> My reasons are selfish. For me (and I'm sure for many, many others |
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> who just are not aware) implementing these methods are way too much |
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> work and will bring *no* improvements or benefits whatsoever. |
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> If others need them then others will use them. But do not destroy |
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> the ability to forge my own solutions. |
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If you are not contributing to the solutions I use then don't be |
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surprised if my software goes to directions that do not accomodate |
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your own in-house stuffs. There are thousands of people with their own |
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in-house stuffs that breaks due to the changes, and thousands other |
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in-house that becomes easier due to the changes, why should I care |
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about yours in particular. If you want me to care about your stuffs, |
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then put it in the open, make it useful for more than just you, and |
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fight it out with other similar solutions. |
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I never had to deploy a system where the choice of init system makes a |
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critical difference in the success or failure of the system. I don't |
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want to spend too much time on configuring init or syslogs or cron |
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system on every new systems I had to deploy, as long as it does its |
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job, the rest doesn't really matter. I'll know that I need another |
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solution when the bog standard doesn't work, but before that happens, |
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just give me whatever works, and make switching to other systems as |
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easy as possible. |