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Re:Linux distros without systemd by amalcon on Monday May 20, 2019 @01:33PM (#19962808)
> Lennart Poettering and Kay Sievers started the project to develop systemd in 2010.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Systemd#History

> Mozilla began sponsoring the project in 2009[16] and a nnounced it in 2010.

> The first numbered pre-alpha release of the Rust compiler occurred in January 2012.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rust_(programming_language)#Hi...

Look, I like Rust and all, but are we really suggesting it for projects that predate public release of rustc?

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Re:Linux distros without systemd by tracker1 on Monday May 20, 2019 @02:22PM (#19963423)
I understand that... Go still isn't an appropriate language for SystemD, also, when did SystemD really take hold? Lots of projects will shift underlying options with time.
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Re:Linux distros without systemd by boomlinde on Monday May 20, 2019 @05:14PM (#19965282)
I understand "would have" in this thread as a hypothetical situation where the option had been available.
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