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On 02/26/2014 6:44 AM, Peter Stuge wrote: |
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> Joshua Kinard wrote: |
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>> Most future Linux systems that are based off of mainstream |
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>> distributions will *have* to use systemd+udev in order to |
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>> achieve maximum functionality. |
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> Certainly! |
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Clarification: I wasn't implying that that was entirely a good thing, |
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however. But that's just my opinion. |
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> And I think the reason systemd gains traction is that such maximum |
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> functionality can easily include various things which aren't available |
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> and more difficult with other choices. |
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I would argue that it gains traction more by providing APIs that only it can |
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implement. However efficient or sensible these APIs might be, when major, |
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upstream software projects use those APIs, you are then left with two |
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choices: switch to systemd+udev or lose the functionality offered by |
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${MAJOR_UPSTREAM_PROJECT}. udev was the first example of this, and more |
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will follow in time. |
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> It just means that many have a changed mindset and want something else. |
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Many != Everyone, though. But, when you're in the minority, I guess that's |
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not really relevant. Majority takes all. C'est la vie. |
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Joshua Kinard |
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Gentoo/MIPS |
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kumba@g.o |
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4096R/D25D95E3 2011-03-28 |
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"The past tempts us, the present confuses us, the future frightens us. And |
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our lives slip away, moment by moment, lost in that vast, terrible in-between." |
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--Emperor Turhan, Centauri Republic |
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