Re:Debian Dropping the Linux Standard Base
by sandGorgon on Friday October 09, 2015 @12:12AM
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This is actually a good thing. You might have found it bothersome, but what it was doing was intelligently trying to reason whether a device would cause problems in your machine. It did not make the correct decision, but the infrastructure is there.
I would file a bug on systemd mentioning this behavior. But I like the fact that that my usb wifi card will not screw my system.
I don't want intelligent tools. The smarter the tool the more difficult it is to fix when it inevitably breaks. The intelligence might save a few minutes every so often, but the failures can cost hours, and at a time when you might urgently need things to work correctly. Predictability is more valuable.
Re:Debian Dropping the Linux Standard Base
by weland on Friday October 09, 2015 @05:52AM
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> You might have found it bothersome, but what it was doing was intelligently trying to reason whether a device would cause problems in your machine.
What was intelligent about that?
I don't need intelligent tools, I need tools that do what I say! That's why they're tools, damn it!
That's also when I learned systemd was running an entire virtual fstab layer. Because, you know, /etc/fstab just isn't good enough anymore.