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Systemd adds complexity and functionality. The question is, does the price of complexity outweigh the gain in functionality. I got really annoyed at systemd ini
by turnip1979 12y ago
Systemd adds complexity and functionality. The question is, does the price of complexity outweigh the gain in functionality. I got really annoyed at systemd initially but that was because I knew a bit about upstart and init. My systemd knowledge was zero - it is still pretty low. Now that I've seen it in action, it doesn't seem as offending. In time, there will likely be docs on the Internet. I do hope this isn't a harbinger of bad things in Linux. I think the original commenter in the article alluded to the same philosophical point.
- astine 12y agoOne thing to think about is that my adding complexity in the beginning, you can avoid complexity in long run. Imagine a Unix shell without pipes. That would certainly be simpler in a sense, but the ability for programmers to write simple programs that work together would be severely curtailed. Systemd itself might be more complex than initv, but it provides a lot of tools and guarantees to application developers which makes life simpler for them in the long run.