Linus: “I no longer feel like I can trust ‘init’ to do the sane thing”

Re:Linus: “I no longer feel like I can trust ‘init’ to do th... by raverbashing on Monday July 10, 2017 @06:26AM (#14734712)

> If you are worried about stability then you shouldn't rely on a single machine anyway.

Sorry, this is a complete BS "solution"

You don't keep a broken piece of software running then put more redundancy to make it kinda stable.

Redundancies are for when things break, not for when they're broken from the start

Nobody takes off from a plane with one inoperative engine, both have to be turning, so in case one fails the other one can take over

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Re:Linus: “I no longer feel like I can trust ‘init’ to do th... by digi_owl on Monday July 10, 2017 @02:00PM (#14738222)

Effectively what you are responding to is the ever more prevailing "cloud" mentality, where there is always another instance to spin up in a second if something where to break.

http://www.commitstrip.com/en/2015/07/08/true-story-fixing-a...

And while systemd may have started on the desktop (likely to "solve" the speed of repeated bootups when using a laptop "securely") increasingly its development is dictated by this cloud mentality (as is the development of various distros, as someone basically shouted to my virtual face over at LWN).

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