[Arm-netbook] systemd nonsense ad-infinitum

zap calmstorm at posteo.de
Tue Jul 4 18:06:46 BST 2017



On 07/04/2017 01:01 PM, Bill Kontos wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 4, 2017 at 7:28 PM, zap <calmstorm at posteo.de> wrote:
>> Sorry but I have to challenge you on this, it isn't right for systemd to
>> be the only init that can be used on debian by default.
> This doesn't make any sense. The default is what it is, a single
> option from a set of options that is the default one. There can only
> be one default. Not all sets of options can be selected on setup
> otherwise installing Debian would take longer than compiling gentoo.
Yes that didn't make sense my bad.  I meant it shouldn't be the only one
usable on debian.

> Systemd is apparently just the default option. And my problem is,
> people like you seem to believe that debian is some sort of
> organization that decides for the shake of their users. Wrong. Debian
> is a community first, if users want something, they can add it. There
> are alternative inits available but apparently nobody cares enough to
> maintain and script them. Which begs the question, why are systemd
> haters so vocal but do nothing about it ? It seems like those who
> actually did the work scripting for inits chose to work for systemd
> only, and now it's just a bunch of people who demand stuff without
> offering anything in return( i.e. work).
>
Openrc and Runit are better. In my humble opinion. again I am not
anti-systemd I am for choice.

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