Why pro-systemd and anti-systemd people will never get along

Re:Why pro-systemd and anti-systemd people will never get along by e7620 on Tuesday October 21, 2014 @03:02PM (#8489105)

Not really, I use a dozen init systems, each for a different situation, and I'm interested in keeping it that way. The problem is that systemd is that is being forcefully pushed to all distros. For instance, by merging udev with systemd.

Maybe those forks don't add nothing for you, but for me they're beneficial, because I think Darwinian evolution also applies to software.

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Re:Why pro-systemd and anti-systemd people will never get along by api on Tuesday October 21, 2014 @07:13PM (#8490708)

> I use a dozen init systems, each for a different situation, and I'm interested in keeping it that way.

You might like that, but it makes life hell for developers who write and package any kind of daemon/service.

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Re:Why pro-systemd and anti-systemd people will never get along by digi_owl on Wednesday October 22, 2014 @06:04PM (#8495483)

I keep seeing this, and i keep wondering why said developers are doing any packaging at all.

A binary and clear instructions on how it is launched from a command line should suffice for any competent admin.

He should then be able to fit it into the boot scheme of whatever system he is maintaining.

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Re:Why pro-systemd and anti-systemd people will never get along by e7620 on Wednesday October 22, 2014 @07:38AM (#8492242)

Absolutely not, only if they depend on systemd. If they follow UNIX conventions, they don't need to edit a single file. Writing a daemon init script was a solved problem decades ago, and that script will serve for every init system.

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Re:Why pro-systemd and anti-systemd people will never get along by api on Wednesday October 22, 2014 @08:12PM (#8495980)

Nope. Some systemd distros do not support daemon init scripts done the old way.

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