> Since the number of commands that start such a process is limited to
> screen/tmux/nohup, these could just be shimmed to do whatever's
> needed to let them keep running past logout.

I think implementing a workaround like that would just confuse the situation even more. I can easily imagine hours wasted digging around in /etc trying to figure out why some programs work properly and others don't.

> Course it would make more sense to have a proper API that such programs
> can use themselves.

That's an even worse idea, because then we're making programs work around systemd's decisions. Interoperability and maintenance nightmare, not to mention the numerous philosophical objections I could think of.

If this were a badly needed architectural change, it might be worth considering these ideas. But there's so little benefit to this behaviour that it's simply not worth making the effort to adapt to.

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