Debian reconsiders init-system diversity

Re:Debian reconsiders init-system diversity by kuschku on Wednesday November 13, 2019 @01:46PM (#21527799)

> Hilariously, this is premise is entirely wrong.

Then take KDE as example (an umbrella project with many separate, independent projects below it, all of which are separate binaries, but many work better when used together, or depend on another). Or Gnome. Or any other such umbrella project.

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Re:Debian reconsiders init-system diversity by AdieuToLogic on Wednesday November 13, 2019 @11:38PM (#21532835)

> > > Hilariously, OpenBSD is closer to systemd in its philosophy than anything else ...

> > Hilariously, this is premise is entirely wrong.

Note that you originally asserted:

  one umbrella project developing all parts of the OS

And I responded with what I feel confident is a statement of fact:

  Systemd is not the OS.

> Then take KDE as example (an umbrella project with many separate, independent projects below it, all of which are separate binaries, but many work better when used together, or depend on another). Or Gnome. Or any other such umbrella project.

The examples you provide are umbrella projects, no doubt, but none are Operating Systems. Neither is systemd.

While the term "OpenBSD" can be used in the context of a distribution (common), OS (common), and the tools used to initialize same (uncommon), systemd only qualifies for the latter.

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