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A comment on Bug 1202858 – Restarting squid results in deleting all files in hard-drive. Parent comment

Re:Bug 1202858 – Restarting squid results in deleting all fi... by rodgerd on Tuesday March 24, 2015 @03:01PM (#9258661)
> it gets off almost scot free.

Not just scot free - during the Great systemd War of 2014 is was a talking point for the antis that using anything other than the pure, reliable simplicity of shell for service management was MADNESS!

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Re:Bug 1202858 – Restarting squid results in deleting all fi... by digi_owl on Wednesday March 25, 2015 @03:27AM (#9261654)
I don't think that was the argument, as much as it was that if a shell script fouled up it was easier to get in and do field repairs because it was interpreted rather than compiled.
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