Hello, Rich. On Sat, Jan 24, 2015 at 11:37:00AM -0500, Rich Freeman wrote: > On Sat, Jan 24, 2015 at 10:34 AM, Marc Stürmer <m...@marc-stuermer.de> wrote: > > Am 22.01.2015 um 19:06 schrieb Tom H:
> >> Sure. My point was that anyone can claim that systemd is (un)popular > >> in the embedded space. > > I don't know if it is popular; in embedded systems though the last thing you > > need are fast moving targets IMHO, you want to use proven, reliable tools. > > If systemd is reliable or not, this depends on your decision, but it is a > > fast moving target. > Do you regularly update the software on your embedded system? > systemd-183 hasn't changed a bit since the day it was released. systemd-183's velocity is unchanged from the day it was released, and it isn't slow. > The fast-moving target bit is only an issue if you want to keep > updating it. Quite the contrary - the fast-moving bit is an issue if you _can't_ update it, or if updating is expensive, which is frequently the case for embedded systems. Fast-moving software is likelier to be buggy than well established traditional software. > That said, systemd doesn't change THAT much between versions as far as > the key interfaces go. But busybox changes even less. > -- > Rich -- Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).
