Re: systemd and Linux are *fundamentally incompatible* - and I can prove it

2014-04-13 Thread Jan Gloser
Russ Allbery contributed earlier: The reason why you're not seeing a lot of constructive engagement with those points here is that most of us are exhausted with this conversation and tired of repeating ourselves. Yes, if it is really like that, I understand. But I'm also glad that this

Re: systemd and Linux are *fundamentally incompatible* - and I can prove it

2014-04-10 Thread Wouter Verhelst
On Thu, Apr 03, 2014 at 09:19:54PM +0100, Kevin Chadwick wrote: previously on this list The Wanderer contributed: I was explicitly referring to the point in the future when maintainers do stop providing traditional init scripts. This likely won't happen that fast, no, but I do think it's

Re: systemd and Linux are *fundamentally incompatible* - and I can prove it

2014-04-03 Thread Kevin Chadwick
previously on this list Jan Gloser contributed: Kev, the systemd design document says it all about the lack of design with statements showing a clear lack of understanding. I would be ashamed to call it a design document. I would also like to ask something the people who dislike systemd (as

Re: systemd and Linux are *fundamentally incompatible* - and I can prove it

2014-04-03 Thread Kevin Chadwick
previously on this list The Wanderer contributed: I was explicitly referring to the point in the future when maintainers do stop providing traditional init scripts. This likely won't happen that fast, no, but I do think it's likely that it will happen - whether days after the jessie release

Re: systemd and Linux are *fundamentally incompatible* - and I can prove it

2014-03-31 Thread Marco d'Itri
On Mar 30, Thomas Goirand z...@debian.org wrote: See above: I'm unsure Debian Developers have yet a clear view of what should / must be supported, and what's going to happen in this regard. At least, it's not clear to me. I believe that it is pretty much obvious myself:

Re: systemd and Linux are *fundamentally incompatible* - and I can prove it

2014-03-30 Thread The Wanderer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 03/30/2014 01:17 AM, Thomas Goirand wrote: On 03/30/2014 02:51 AM, Jan Gloser wrote: Otherwise if you just personally disagree with the design of systemd and can't describe such a scenario, why not just migrate to Gentoo or BSD? This

Re: systemd and Linux are *fundamentally incompatible* - and I can prove it

2014-03-30 Thread Thomas Goirand
On 03/30/2014 08:02 PM, The Wanderer wrote: If it's been decided to continue to require package maintainers to provide traditional init scripts as well as systemd unit files - e.g. for Debian's non-Linux ports - then that benefit would be lost. This, also, has also been discussed. The

Re: systemd and Linux are *fundamentally incompatible* - and I can prove it

2014-03-30 Thread The Wanderer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 03/30/2014 10:57 AM, Thomas Goirand wrote: On 03/30/2014 08:02 PM, The Wanderer wrote: If it's been decided to continue to require package maintainers to provide traditional init scripts as well as systemd unit files - e.g. for Debian's

Re: systemd and Linux are *fundamentally incompatible* - and I can prove it

2014-03-29 Thread Marc Haber
On Tue, 25 Mar 2014 13:31:44 -0500, Kevin Toppins kevin.topp...@gmail.com wrote: You think I'm retarded or a troll. You are an obnoxious censored who decided to disrupt an entire project just because the project took a decision you don't like. That's rather childish and selfish. Greetings Marc,

Re: systemd and Linux are *fundamentally incompatible* - and I can prove it

2014-03-29 Thread Jan Gloser
Now that systemd has wrecked all kinds of previously working stuff, and many are beginning to realize the *impossibility* of getting systemd to work *with* linux - I think this might have some effect this time around. Hello everybody, I've been watching this discussion, quite curious what

Re: systemd and Linux are *fundamentally incompatible* - and I can prove it

2014-03-29 Thread Cameron Norman
El Sat, 29 de Mar 2014 a las 11:51 AM, Jan Gloser jan.renra.glo...@gmail.com escribió: Now that systemd has wrecked all kinds of previously working stuff, and many are beginning to realize the *impossibility* of getting systemd to work *with* linux - I think this might have some effect this

Re: systemd and Linux are *fundamentally incompatible* - and I can prove it

2014-03-29 Thread Russ Allbery
Jan Gloser jan.renra.glo...@gmail.com writes: 1) I think some valid questions have been raised to which I have not seen ANY satisfactory answer that no doubt a person who truly understands the subject (unlike me) should be able to give. (though I might have missed some) Everything that's

Re: systemd and Linux are *fundamentally incompatible* - and I can prove it

2014-03-29 Thread Tollef Fog Heen
]] Jan Gloser 1) I think some valid questions have been raised to which I have not seen ANY satisfactory answer that no doubt a person who truly understands the subject (unlike me) should be able to give. (though I might have missed some) I'm not sure what those are, but I merely skimmed

Re: systemd and Linux are *fundamentally incompatible* - and I can prove it

2014-03-29 Thread Thomas Goirand
On 03/30/2014 02:51 AM, Jan Gloser wrote: Otherwise if you just personally disagree with the design of systemd and can't describe such a scenario, why not just migrate to Gentoo or BSD? This has been said a 100 times... There's no need to migrate away. systemd is not (and will not be)

Re: systemd and Linux are *fundamentally incompatible* - and I can prove it

2014-03-25 Thread Thorsten Glaser
On Mon, 24 Mar 2014, Kevin Toppins wrote: - Debian needs to *cut all ties* to systemd […] - revert every program systemd took over to its pre-systemd state - cut your losses while you still can technically achieve a reversion Seconded (especially the last bullet point). bye,

Re: systemd and Linux are *fundamentally incompatible* - and I can prove it

2014-03-25 Thread Federico Di Gregorio
On 24/03/2014 17:42, Kevin Toppins wrote: To all debian developers: [snip] -Kev Lots of asterisks won't make a point. federico -- Federico Di Gregorio federico.digrego...@dndg.it Di Nunzio Di Gregorio srl http://dndg.it If nobody

Re: systemd and Linux are *fundamentally incompatible* - and I can prove it

2014-03-25 Thread Kevin Toppins
On 25 March 2014 08:54, Federico Di Gregorio f...@dndg.it wrote: [...] Lots of asterisks won't make a point. The asterisks are there to specifically focus your attention on those words. Because - I find that if I don't use them - people tend to misread what I write (or more so at least) -Kev

Re: systemd and Linux are *fundamentally incompatible* - and I can prove it

2014-03-25 Thread Jonathan Dowland
I was very proud of my fellow colleagues for not feeding the troll a full 24 hours later. Thanks for breaking the record :( -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive:

Re: systemd and Linux are *fundamentally incompatible* - and I can prove it

2014-03-25 Thread Federico Di Gregorio
On 25/03/2014 16:46, Kevin Toppins wrote: On 25 March 2014 08:54, Federico Di Gregorio f...@dndg.it wrote: [...] Lots of asterisks won't make a point. The asterisks are there to specifically focus your attention on those words. Because - I find that if I don't use them - people tend to

Re: systemd and Linux are *fundamentally incompatible* - and I can prove it

2014-03-25 Thread Paul Tagliamonte
On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 04:15:25PM +, Jonathan Dowland wrote: I was very proud of my fellow colleagues for not feeding the troll a full 24 hours later. Thanks for breaking the record :( I agree - I even *told* people on #-devel to not even - bother replying - since I figured no one would

Re: systemd and Linux are *fundamentally incompatible* - and I can prove it

2014-03-25 Thread Kevin Toppins
On 25 March 2014 11:25, William Unruh un...@physics.ubc.ca wrote: [...] And if they are there, together with all the boldfacing, people tend to think that you are a complete kook. So you makes your choices... Okay, my apologies. I am not very experienced with lists and the expectations that

Re: systemd and Linux are *fundamentally incompatible* - and I can prove it

2014-03-25 Thread Brett Parker
On 25 Mar 11:36, Kevin Toppins wrote: On 25 March 2014 11:25, William Unruh un...@physics.ubc.ca wrote: [...] And if they are there, together with all the boldfacing, people tend to think that you are a complete kook. So you makes your choices... Okay, my apologies. I am not very

Re: systemd and Linux are *fundamentally incompatible* - and I can prove it

2014-03-25 Thread Milan P. Stanic
On Tue, 2014-03-25 at 16:15, Jonathan Dowland wrote: I was very proud of my fellow colleagues for not feeding the troll a full 24 hours later. Thanks for breaking the record :( I had a hope that the no one will answer OP. :( -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org

Re: systemd and Linux are *fundamentally incompatible* - and I can prove it

2014-03-25 Thread Kevin Toppins
On Tuesday, March 25, 2014 11:40:02 AM UTC-5, Jonathan Dowland wrote: I was very proud of my fellow colleagues for not feeding the troll a full 24 hours later. Thanks for breaking the record :( Jonathan we've been through this before. -

Re: systemd and Linux are *fundamentally incompatible* - and I can prove it

2014-03-25 Thread Jonathan Dowland
On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 01:31:44PM -0500, Kevin Toppins wrote: Jonathan we've been through this before. - https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2012/11/msg00565.html - https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2012/11/msg00604.html Thanks for the trip down memory lane. This is not quite

Re: systemd and Linux are *fundamentally incompatible* - and I can prove it

2014-03-25 Thread Cameron Norman
El Mon, 24 de Mar 2014 a las 9:42 AM, Kevin Toppins kevin.topp...@gmail.com escribió: To all debian developers: - systemd is *fundamentally incompatible* with linux Now, I realize that's a bold claim, but if you are up for some reading, I will prove it. I'll bite. I even went to

Re: systemd and Linux are *fundamentally incompatible* - and I can prove it

2014-03-25 Thread Cameron Norman
El Tue, 25 de Mar 2014 a las 3:11 PM, Cameron Norman camerontnor...@gmail.com escribió: See the documentation for the following if they are not familiar to you: * dependencies: Wants/WantedBy, Requires/RequiredBy (in man::systemd.unit) * states: ConditionFileExists, ConditionFileExecutable,

Re: systemd and Linux are *fundamentally incompatible* - and I can prove it

2014-03-25 Thread Kevin Chadwick
previously on this list Brett Parker contributed: Maybe you should do some more investigation, get some better clue of what you're talking about, and come back with a better, more thought out, set of arguments that actually have merit. Right, by arguing on the basis of the definition of Linux