[Cialug] The systemd Init System

[Scott Yates]

Specifically, systemd seems to have the idea that all other init systems
are broken, and they have taken it on themselves to "fix" them.  The idea
of a monolithic init system makes me nervous because it throws away 30+
years of proven ideas.

Binary logging similarly bothers me.  Logging systems have been in place
for years and have been battle tested and proven.

The whole mind-set of fixing things that are not broken bothers me.
Anointed Solution, does not mean it is the best solution.

Obviously I will wait it out and see how things develop, as I am not nearly
as smart as some of the guys working on systemd, but from what I have seen
so far, I just don't see the benefit over the existing infrastructure that
is already working and tested.


On Wed, Dec 9, 2015 at 4:05 PM, Todd E Thomas <todd.dsm at gmail.com> wrote:

> Scott, "things like this"? *What in specific?*
>
> The community doesn't leave much room for like or dislike; only puzzle
> pieces that need to be fit together. Or, another way of saying it might
> be...
>
> It is the anointed solution. When all older (non-systemd) OS versions have
> been deprecated (no longer supported) the only choices left will be:
>   *Linux (systemd),
>   *Linux (non-systemd variant), or
>   *Unix  (still Sytem V AFIK)
>
> Changing distros to avoid the future seems a long way to go, especially for
> organizations with 100s of machines.
>
> So, what specifically is a hangup? Maybe we can setup a test environment
> and smooth some wrinkles.
>
> TT
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