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Please bear in mind that (1) the existence of a standard does not imply immediate global compliance of new software and (2) the existence of compliant software
by sevensor 10y ago
Please bear in mind that (1) the existence of a standard does not imply immediate global compliance of new software and (2) the existence of compliant software does not imply that people are actually using it. In the 1990s, when Lennart would have been at university, he would have been exposed to Unix servers that had been installed 5-10 years previously, at least. So the timeframe we're looking at isn't 2001, but the late 1980s / early 1990s.
- digi_owl 10y agoIf he is programming for _nix, but has not kept himself current with developments within the _nix ecosystem, that is even more worrying.
- sevensor 10y agoMy sympathy is clearly with Lennart here -- we're around the same age, and I like using systemd. I came of age using systems that would absolutely burn you if you tried to remove .* and it's pretty unreasonable to ask me to remember that most users wouldn't have a reason to reflexively avoid it. You're on much firmer ground arguing that Lennart shouldn't be reimplementing rm. I disagree -- I don't have a problem with him reimplementing rm in systemd -- but there's a legitimate argument to be made there.