On Sun, 1 Mar 2015 09:01:58 -0500 Hendrik Boom <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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. True, and in addition, they've both been pretty much assumed to be installed on every distro for the last decade. SteveT Steve Litt * http://www.troubleshooters.com/ Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list [email protected] https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
