[175446] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Linux: concerns over systemd [OT]
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Miles Fidelman)
Wed Oct 22 09:59:24 2014
X-Original-To: nanog@nanog.org
Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2014 09:59:07 -0400
From: Miles Fidelman <mfidelman@meetinghouse.net>
To: nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: <54478829.8080700@jack.fr.eu.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces@nanog.org
nanog@jack.fr.eu.org wrote:
> Before leaving Debian, things to think:
> - will systemd be officialy the only system available ?
> - if so, won't we get a way to bypass that ?
officially, there will be support for multiple init systems; in
practice, the installer doesn't provide an option, and trying to remove
systemd seems to drag one into dependency hell
>
> I'm not gonna throw Debian away due to such a mess, without fighting
> hard, and I think you should do the same: talk, patch if needed, show
> you're here
unfortunately, the fight is rather ugly, and seemingly fruitless (have
you been on debian-user, debian-devel, or debian-vote lately?) - sigh...
this discussion, if a bit OT for nanog, is a breath of fresh air -
PLEASE weigh in on the side of goodness and light
Miles Fidelman
--
In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice.
In practice, there is. .... Yogi Berra
