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On 04/06/14 16:47, Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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> On Wed, 04 Jun 2014 08:21:51 -0400, Tanstaafl wrote: |
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>> And yes, as devs get lazier (decide to rely on systemd rather than |
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>> build it to work independently of the init system), |
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> Reusing existing, proven code is not laziness, it is efficiency. Yes, |
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> they could code their own version, but all the time they spend coding and |
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> testing it will not be spent on the actual project, we all end up with an |
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> inferior product. Also, by adding to the software the uses systemd, or |
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> any other underlying code, the number of users/testers of that code |
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> increases. |
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> You seem to think the Upower devs simply decided to use systemd instead |
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> of doing it themselves. In fact, they were always using code, from either |
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> systemd or pm-utils. The fact that development stopped on pm-utils is |
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> neither the fault of the Upower or systemd people. They were reduced to a |
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> choice of one and you blame them for making the wrong choice? |
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Well said. |
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