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>I think it's obvious to people who have written both system v init scripts and systemd or upstart configurations that the latter are dramatic improvements Exc
by imanaccount247 12y ago
>I think it's obvious to people who have written both system v init scripts and systemd or upstart configurations that the latter are dramatic improvements
Except that is a false dilemma, which he points out. Sysv init takes more work because nobody has bothered to fix it. You don't need a massive complex set of software like systemd to make this easy, see the BSDs init scripts like he suggests.
- TheCondor 12y agoThat doesn't really invalidate the argument. Upstart and systemd units are dramatically easier and less bug prone than the existing sysv alternative. If it was nontrivial to fix they would have. The missing beef here is actual bugs and problems with systemd. Post some zero days... Nobody challenges that businesses with paying customers all indepdently came up with the need for smf, launchd, upstart, and systemd. Are they just adding shit to add it or do the see value and need?
- imanaccount247 12y ago> If it was nontrivial to fix they would have. There is no basis for that assertion. It is trivial to fix, again, see BSDs. Just because nobody bothers (or people bother and their effort is rejected due to politics) doesn't mean it is nontrivial.