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So, the short read here is, one (arguably poorly thought out) complex system interacts with another (again, arguably poorly thought out) complex system in untho

by Aloha 11y ago

So, the short read here is, one (arguably poorly thought out) complex system interacts with another (again, arguably poorly thought out) complex system in unthought about ways... Why is anyone surprised? I'm no fan of systemd or Poettering, but this behavior is consistent for unix, root can do anything, including break peripherals or hardware thru poorly advised actions - why is this a big to do?

bigbugbag 11y ago
Because this is a violation of principle of least astonishment[1], as a sysadmin when I hose my system using rm I expect to be able to repair or recover without having to replace the motherboard. see also: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=207549 https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=207549 https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=208102 https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=208102 [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principle_of_least_astonishment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principle_of_least_astonishmen...