On Sat, Feb 28, 2015 at 06:11:42PM -0600, Nate Bargmann wrote: > * On 2015 28 Feb 17:07 -0600, T.J. Duchene wrote: > > As for systemd having "tentacles", there is certainly truth to that, but > > then the same argument could be said of Python or Perl. Both are rooted > > so far into "standard" distributions that it is hard to extract them. > > With all respect, T.J., those are merely programming languages--shell, C > and C++ are also "hard to extract"--but none are trying to dictate > policy. They are tools a programmer uses to solve a problem which > parallels your point that systemd is a tool for distributions, but yet > it is seeking to impose a policy many of us dislike, especially going > forward. Debian users are a bit insulated at the moment as the freeze > is keeping systemd at a given version. Its tentacles extend even > further in later versions, AIUI.
The way Perl and Python are different from systemd is that they are not exclusionary -- using them for one package doesn't prevent using other tools in other packages. -- hendrik _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
