Re:Systemd, ten years later: a historical and technical retr...
by dane-pgp on Sunday May 03, 2020 @09:53PM
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Then why did Josselin Mouette, a GNOME packager for Debian, write this in October 2013:
"GNOME in jessie will need systemd as the init system to work with all its features, just like it needs the network configuration to be handled by NetworkManager."
I remember this being a strong supporter, among others: https://lists.debian.org/debian-ctte/2014/01/msg00287.html