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> We know from the kernel command line debug debacle they rather see the world burn down than admit they did something wrong Can you expand? I've not heard of
by orf 7y ago
> We know from the kernel command line debug debacle they rather see the world burn down than admit they did something wrong
Can you expand? I've not heard of this.
- Tomte 7y agoIIRC, they printed more messages to the console when booting Linux with a debug parameter than Linux could handle. Systemd developers were like "nobody can tell us how much detail to print", until the kernel developers made clear that the boot console belongs to them and if systemd doesn't back down immediately they would take away all console access. Systemd then backed down.
- turbinerneiter 7y agoSo you are saying two teams maintaining two systems which are working together tightly had a conflict about how those systems are supposed to work together and resolved it after some heated discussion? Sounds like Open Source to me.
- hyperman1 7y agoHere is an overview: https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=mty1mza https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=mty1mza
- 0lpbm 7y agoHere's a better[1] overview: https://lwn.net/Articles/593676/ https://lwn.net/Articles/593676/ [1] Less blog spam, less click bait, better reporting.