User=0day considered harmful in systemd

Posted Jul 14, 2017 10:59 UTC (Fri) by niner (subscriber, #26151)
In reply to: User=0day considered harmful in systemd by firstyear
Parent article: User=0day considered harmful in systemd

As a distributor, you can ship a systemd modified according to your tastes and opinions. As a user you can run a systemd modified to your tastes and opinions.

What makes you think that software is only free if you can impse your opinions and tastes on the original authors?

User=0day considered harmful in systemd

Posted Jul 14, 2017 14:17 UTC (Fri) by phred14 (guest, #60633) [Link]

Seems to me that there is a difference between configuring upstream to fit your wishes and rules, and patching upstream for that same purpose. Having no idea of how stable systemd code is between releases, I have no idea how often such a "policy patch" might tend to break, requiring further manual action rather than something simply scripted. Certainly if such a policy issue were configurable it would be better for everyone.