The Debian init system general resolution returns

Posted Oct 25, 2014 2:13 UTC (Sat) by zblaxell (subscriber, #26385)
In reply to: The Debian init system general resolution returns by raven667
Parent article: The Debian init system general resolution returns

> "potential" problems as if systemd hasn't been used in major distributions on millions of systems over the last several years, it is already widely deployed and debugged code

The same can be said of the Linux kernel, but I still greet each release with a full dose of well-deserved skepticism.

For what it's worth, I stick to discussions about the problems with systemd I've personally discovered. Other people have written at length about the ones I haven't.

I've used some of those millions of systems you're talking about. When they work they're OK, but in a crisis, a lot of surprising and disruptive behavior gets in the way of response, which is why I still choose to not run any outside of a test lab. Arguably the "surprising" part can be fixed with experience, but "disruptive" can only be fixed by patches (patches to default unit files that you have to install on every machine are still patches).