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Re:Don't panic and keep forking Debian by the_why_of_y on Sunday November 30, 2014 @06:57AM (#8676617)
> This is the dbus post I'm referring to: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8648437

Oh right, somebody looked at the spec for 15 minutes, mis-read it completely (confusing the authentication protocol with the actual IPC protocol) and wrote a blog rant about their failure in reading comprehension. Very compelling.

> The fact that you even NEED a (crappy) doc is a sign it doesn't use the Unix design philosophy.

So HTTP is against the UNIX philosophy too? Or did you also happen to implement that without ever looking at the specification?

> In contrast, look at the Debian Control File format, which apt metadata is stored in.

In other words, apples make better apple juice than oranges.

> That reason being: you simply end up with less code when your systems are modular and composable.

You seem to be under the mis-apprehension that monolithic is somehow an antonym of modular. systemd is both modular and monolithic (in your meaning of that term).

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