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No software is perfect, and if we really want to discuss flawed then IMO we should talk about systemd instead, which took one of UNIX' (and later on GNU/Linux)
by mindcrash 10mo ago
No software is perfect, and if we really want to discuss flawed then IMO we should talk about systemd instead, which took one of UNIX' (and later on GNU/Linux) most famous core architecture principles - namely "do one thing and do it well" - and took it out to a kill site.
And yet they'll have to pry my OpenRC, cronie, and sysklogd from my cold dead hands...
- shayway 10mo agoSystemd seems prime for a rethink like X11 has received with Wayland. I hope that systemd becomes the next target for cross-distro development and collaboration once Wayland has settled in a bit more.
- elevation 10mo agoThis seems doable. SystemD is a bit heavy for embedded systems. Unit files provide a clean declarative syntax that a simpler implementation could accept. Admin commands and config syntax remain the same while the init process itself could be < 1% of the disk space.