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I didn't mean that everything was in a single binary, but that everything is tightly coupled. Just because a binary is replaceable, doesn't mean the replacement
by jimktrains2 7y ago
I didn't mean that everything was in a single binary, but that everything is tightly coupled. Just because a binary is replaceable, doesn't mean the replacements that have existed for decades will be "drop in" or integrate as well, which leads to feeling like a second class citizen or the overhead originally mentioned.
- vetinari 7y agoI didn't mean single binary either. I meant, that systemd solves some category of problems, that other tools didn't solve, didn't intend to solve and didn't even care for what the problems are. For distribution maintainers, systemd was something to welcome, that did address their problems. So yes, there is no replacement (the requirement for it being drop-in only places the bar higher), because there's nothing else that scratches the same itch.