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Re:Avoiding Complexity with Systemd by generalizations on Sunday June 27, 2021 @12:30PM (#27652921)
> But system init is a hard, complex problem.

It's not. Read the shell scripts that openbsd uses to init. Simple, straightforward, easy to understand.

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Re:Avoiding Complexity with Systemd by ageofzfarm on Sunday June 27, 2021 @01:10PM (#27653260)
The complexity is buried in the huge work the OpenBSD devs make to keep the kernel and the base system small, elegant and consistent.

I read your comment more as a tribute to the excellent work of the OpenBSD team than a denial of the thesis of the complexity of the init process.

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Re:Avoiding Complexity with Systemd by generalizations on Sunday June 27, 2021 @01:54PM (#27653630)
> The complexity is buried in the huge work the OpenBSD devs make to keep the kernel and the base system small, elegant and consistent.

>> You can’t create a simple solution for that, since there is an inherent complexity.

They didn't bury the complexity, they removed it. And I agree, that's hard to do. It'd be nice if the systemd folks put in the same effort to remove the complexity from their system.

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