On Wed, Feb 22, 2023 at 11:10:58PM +0100, dng@??? wrote:
> On 22-02-2023 23:07, Hendrik Boom wrote:
> > On Wed, Feb 22, 2023 at 02:46:00PM -0700, Jonathan Drews via Dng wrote:
> > > On Wed, Feb 22, 2023 at 04:06:29PM -0500, Steve Litt wrote:
> > > > altoid via Dng said on Wed, 22 Feb 2023 13:38:39 -0300
> > > >
> > > > > On 22 Feb 2023 at 14:25, Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Or maybe he forgot that nvme isn't the only storage around ?
> > > > > Nope ...
> > > > >
> > > > > What Poettering forgot or probably never learned about (a distinct
> > > > > possibility) are the basic underpinnings of Unix/Linux philosophy.
> > > > Yes. In fact, in interviews he looks at Linux with scorn, and implies
> > > > that he's the person to bring Linux up to the wonderful level of
> > > > Windows and MacOS.
> > > Why did Linus Torvalds allow systemd to be introduced? Isn't he the
> > > one ultimately responsible for the adoption of such technology?
> > >
> > systemd is *not* part of the kernel.
> >
> > -- hendrik
> > _______________________________________________
>
> In the not so far future the kernel will be part of systemd if Poettering
> gets his way.

Well, the Kinux kernel is free software under GPL version 2. There is nothing stopping Poetering from forking it.

Exccept for the cost of maintanance and updating for new hardware.

But Linus seems to have disdain for Poetterings attempts to contribute to the kernel in the past; this will likely continue, so P.'s changes will likely not move to the official Linux kernel.

-- hendrik