[175532] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Linux: concerns over systemd adoption and Debian's decision to
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Joe Loiacono)
Thu Oct 23 10:36:36 2014
X-Original-To: nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: <CAD-DQxROi0JjH_+xiWXAfdQF6nnM-M=2r71bjL-M2cQmaNMOhQ@mail.gmail.com>
To: Jeffrey Ollie <jeff@ocjtech.us>
From: Joe Loiacono <jloiacon@csc.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2014 10:36:24 -0400
Cc: NANOG <nanog@nanog.org>, NANOG <nanog-bounces@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces@nanog.org
"NANOG" <nanog-bounces@nanog.org> wrote on 10/22/2014 10:47:46 PM:
> The arguments against systemd that I've seen so far:
>
> 1) It's different so it's bad.
> 2) There's a lot of code, there must be some really bad security
> problems just waiting to happen, so it's bad.
> 3) It doesn't do things the way we've always done them, so it's bad.
> 4) The systemd developers are jerks, so it's bad.
Hmmm. It seems that list is missing its most important item.
As an impartial lurker, the primary objection I've seen is:
1. "Try to do everything" software is not optimal, and will lead to
heartache.
Joe
