On Tue, Sep 03, 2019 at 12:39:18PM +0800, Kevin Buckley via lfs-dev wrote: > > Actually, as one of the people who strived to get away from the > default package ordering (more or less alphabetcial once a core > set of packages had been installed) when the SysV and SysD > books started to diverge, yes I am aware of that.
This seemed an open opportunity for one who has worked on distributions using "SysV-style init" (from UNIX System V), BSD-style, OpenRC, and now systemd, to post a couple of historical links [1,2]. Not just used, but tested, built, and maintained packages for 2 distros. When systemd was first announced, the BDFL taught me to hate it. When Linus went off on Lennart and Kay on LKML, I hoped systemd would die as did HAL. The reason it's caused so much strife has less to do with the design of systemd, I think. Rather, the fact that many people have used nothing other than SysV init (which, apart from the inittab handling, is just awful) and been contemplating their navels. I'll take OpenRC over SysV-style init any day of the week, though. SysV is a nightmare. But now that my mind is open to systemd, it has been surprising to find that everything in systemd is properly documented. Kudos to Version 9.0, and your diligent work on this release. [1] http://0pointer.de/blog/projects/systemd.html [2] http://0pointer.de/blog/projects/systemd-for-admins-1.html Bruce -- There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is proof against all arguments and which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance — that principle is contempt prior to investigation. A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? Don't top-post: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_post#Top-posting -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
