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100%. My toes hurt every time Lennart Poettering steps on them, but every time I dig into the "why" it turns out to not only have been a good reason but a could
by jjoonathan 3y ago
100%. My toes hurt every time Lennart Poettering steps on them, but every time I dig into the "why" it turns out to not only have been a good reason but a couldn't have worked any other way reason. If someone hadn't dragged Linux kicking and screaming into the 21st century, the arbitrary choices made in the definition of a config file format 50 years ago would cripple the ability to deliver basic features 50 years later in a manner that was robust/isolated/performant/etc.
- johnklos 3y ago> good reason I've been looking for these for years: the reasons that might justify the removal of basic functionality and interoperability with other tools. Got any sources?
- freedomben 3y agoLennart's "Rethinking PID 1" was highly enlightening for me[1]. The LWN discussion on it was also really good[2]. [1]: http://0pointer.de/blog/projects/systemd.html http://0pointer.de/blog/projects/systemd.html [2]: https://lwn.net/Articles/385536/ https://lwn.net/Articles/385536/