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Re:Systemd through the eyes of a musl distribution maintainer by throwaway7356 on Saturday January 06, 2024 @11:52AM (#38892946)
> systemd offering should have been deferred until such time when resources become available

Why would you delay adoption of a technical superior solution if there is no interested/lack of resources in continuing maintenance of the inferior solution?

Distributions did not stop adopting Python 3 and invested in continuing Python 2 either.

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Re:Systemd through the eyes of a musl distribution maintainer by einpoklum on Saturday January 06, 2024 @02:51PM (#38894743)
> Why would you delay adoption of a technical superior solution if there is no interested/lack of resources in continuing maintenance of the inferior solution?

But a technically superior solution was not on the table to become the default, the suggestion was to use systemd and effectively prevent the use of anything else (including potentially technically superior solutions).

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