Not a "bloated, monolithic system"?

Posted Jan 30, 2019 22:25 UTC (Wed) by mathstuf (subscriber, #69389)
In reply to: Not a "bloated, monolithic system"? by zblaxell
Parent article: Systemd as tragedy

> I would agree with you if you had mentioned the human-factors benefit of consistency in the management interface, or some of the non-timer capabilities of systemd. Configuring things in multiple redundant places can suck.

> If you're asking "should I use systemd?", the answer is not "yes because timers are awesome."

No, timers alone certainly aren't enough to convert. All the other things that are possible because systemd unifies lots of functionality like configuration file formats, I see as good byproducts, but not a feature in and of itself. But that's a difference of viewpoint I suppose. Timers also certainly aren't the best feature overall, but for the functionality provided, I'd think the amount of code dedicated to it specifically is probably worth much more per line/codesize than most other code for features in systemd (again, IMO).