Bryan J Smith wrote:
> Since Debian targets more than just GNU/Linux, some of their maintainers
> are the biggest complainers of what is going on "in-the-upstream." I can
> understand those complaints. But I can also see the "relevant" argument as
> well. Sometimes the old approach is not only lacking standards already,
> but really out-of-date and far, far from complete.
Those who argue that systemd is »not Unix« would do well to note two things:
– Most other Unixes that matter no longer use System-V init, either,
notably OS X and Solaris. This is not a case of »Linux vs. the rest of
the Unix world«.
(The BSD folks can bitch and moan all they want, but 10 users of
Debian/kFreeBSD must not be allowed to hold back millions of users of
Debian/GNU Linux. There are ways of setting things up such that systemd
is the default init system on Debian GNU/Linux, and System-V init is the
default init system on Debian/kFreeBSD, with reasonable maintainability
and little extra effort on the part of Debian package developers, and this
is being addressed within the Debian project as we speak.)
– The opposition against systemd on philosophical grounds that we see today
neatly parallels the opposition against System-V init, when it was new
in the 1980s and widely vilified as unnecessary, over-engineered and
»not Unix«. We ought to be allowed to rethink our basic infrastructure
every 30 years or so.
Anyway, it will be a while until all of this has an actual bearing on LPI exam
development. We can hang around and wait for the dust to settle.
Anselm
Disclaimer: These opinions are mine, mine, MINE! My employer wouldn't want
them even if they knew about them.
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