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Re: [Lennart Poettering] Re: A few observations about systemd

From:  Russ Allbery <rra-AT-debian.org>
To:  debian-devel-AT-lists.debian.org
Subject:  Re: [Lennart Poettering] Re: A few observations about systemd
Date:  Mon, 18 Jul 2011 16:35:57 -0700
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Uoti Urpala <uoti.urpala@pp1.inet.fi> writes:

> I think the important question is whether portability to other kernels
> is or should be a "project's goal", and how much else you're willing to
> lose for the sake of that goal.

I believe that it should be, and I'm willing to lose systemd for that
goal, although hopefully it wouldn't come to that.

> I know I would personally be a lot happier with a Debian that supports
> systemd functionality than with a Debian that can run on a BSD kernel.

Well, while we're putting stakes in the ground, I suppose I'll hammer mine
in there as well.  I completely disagree to the point that I would take
that to a GR.

Thankfully, I suspect this will be a false dichotomy.

-- 
Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org)               <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>




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Re: [Lennart Poettering] Re: A few observations about systemd

Posted Jul 21, 2011 18:24 UTC (Thu) by raven667 (subscriber, #5198) [Link]

Yes, probably a false dichotomy. I don't see why systemd isn't treated the same way as OpenSSH which is only designed to run on OpenBSD and presumably uses many system-specific features but for which a separate portable patch set is maintained so that it can run on non-OpenBSD systems. There is no reason why debian or someone doesn't work on a portable systemd patch set

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