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On 16.02.2014 23:26, Mick wrote: |
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> On Sunday 16 Feb 2014 19:00:43 Yuri K. Shatroff wrote: |
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>> But why then is Linux drifting to systemd? The answer is simple: money. |
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>> Time is money. You have to support two init systems -> twice the time, |
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>> twice the money. Sooner or later, a sum of money will outweigh the |
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>> users' opinion. To be a realist, one has to admit that in near future |
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>> 90% of new distro versions will be systemd-based. Unless some green soxx |
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>> emerge and take over Red Hat... |
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> You may have lost it in the link that Volker posted (thanks Volker), but this |
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> comment from HaakonKL probably sums it up: |
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Sorry, by the time Volker posted his message, I was already writing mine. |
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> "... I will give Upstart this though: Should something better come along, you |
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> could replace upstart. I guess this holds true for OpenRC as well. |
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> You can't say that about systemd." |
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> Can you surgically remove systemd in the future without reverse engineering |
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> half of what the LSB would look at the time, or will its developers ensure |
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> that this is a one time choice only? |
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Do you disagree with my statement that "in near future 90% of new distro |
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versions will be systemd-based"? Or with some other statement of mine? |
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If the former, then I intentionally put it down to money with no regard |
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to technical performance because money is usually what ultimately |
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matters for maintainers. |
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From a Software User's POV, as I said, I agree that systemd is a load |
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of bul^W things whose significance is at the least overrated. From a |
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technical POV, I bet, most systemd's cookies could be implemented within |
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any other init system as well, if required. |
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But in the Real World, software users either develop theirs own if they |
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have the resources, or get what they are given by those who have. So my |
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whole message was about -- whether OpenRC/upstart/anything guys have |
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resources to "show'em" or eventually fall to systemd. |
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Best wishes, |
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Yuri K. Shatroff |
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