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Author: KatolaZ
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To: dng
Subject: Re: [DNG] tiny service state api [WAS: Fwd: init system agnosticism]
On Tue, Apr 18, 2017 at 11:10:24PM +0200, Alessandro Selli wrote:
> On 18/04/2017 at 19:01, KatolaZ wrote:
> > On Tue, Apr 18, 2017 at 06:48:31PM +0200, Alessandro Selli wrote:
> >
> > [cut]
> >
> >>> There is really no other reasonable alternative, IMVHO.
> >> Yes, there is. It's called a good compromise. Then, outside of it,
> >> you find the purists and the extremists.
> >>
> > We have seen what an irresistible avalanche of compromises has created
> > in the systemd camp.
>
> Today I read someone (perhaps Enrico Weigelt) stating that one of
> systemd's
> pitfalls is wanting to be the perfect init. I agree. systemd does not
> compromise, it wants thing to be done the way it wants, it forces all
> userland to comply to it's dictates. systemd is the opposite of compromise,
> it's dictatorial.
>
> > It turns out that I am a purist. And an extremist.
>
> This is one of the best recipies for failure.
>


It would be very good if you would like to actually contribute to
Devuan :) There are lots of thigs to do, besides deciding who will
fail and who will succeed.

HND

KatolaZ

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