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This is really astonishing. Are there no checks and balances in place for design decision in such a critical system component? What were the thoughts of all the
by smartmic 2mo ago
This is really astonishing. Are there no checks and balances in place for design decision in such a critical system component? What were the thoughts of all the major distros when they decided to go with systemd then?
- pineapplepizza6 2mo ago[dead]
- kps 2mo agoThere is a certain consistency to IBM-dominated projects that suggests that there are checks and balances and that they are working as intended.
- otterley 2mo agoThis design predates the IBM acquisition by seven years.
- NewJazz 2mo agoAnd Poettering worked at Microsoft until recently.
- sam_lowry_ 2mo agoAnd the went on to make age checks mandatory on Linux, earning money in the process.
- otterley 2mo agosystemd was funded and implemented by the biggest commercial distro, Red Hat, first. Other distros were influenced by its decision (RH has always had a lot of influence on distro direction generally) and followed suit. I’m not sure Red Hat ever had a lot of database design expertise internally and that probably explains the design and outcome. As I said earlier, the design was not subject to public scrutiny before it was implemented.