Philip Dorr wrote:
Could someone comment on why they chose systemd over upstart (other
than the Canonical CLA)? Or point to an article on it?
If you want to wade into the mess, the archives of the Debian Tech.
Committee (https://lists.debian.org/debian-ctte/), for Dec 2013-March
2014, make for some interesting reading (if you have a Baroque sense of
what's interesting).
The voting is documented here:
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=727708 (I think -
Debian decision making is incredibly convoluted.)
This article has some background that's reasonably accurate:
http://www.zdnet.com/debian-inches-towards-new-init-system-decision-amid-fallout-7000026128/
I seem to recall a summary document comparing the various available init
systems, and how systemd came out on top - but I'll be damned if I can
find it now. Some of the position statements are linked from here:
https://wiki.debian.org/Debate/initsystem
Miles Fidelman
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In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice.
In practice, there is. .... Yogi Berra
