What breakage does this actually fix?

Posted Jun 8, 2016 8:34 UTC (Wed) by ovitters (guest, #27950)
In reply to: What breakage does this actually fix? by SimonO
Parent article: Distributors ponder a systemd change

> If all distro's have to put in work to make every new systemd release palatable

It's not that much work to integrate new systemd releases. It often aligns behaviour and reduces differences across distribution, making things easier. It is usually the differences causing the interesting bugs. Theoretically you should be able to modify anything you want, but it does lead to bugs.