> Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2014 12:59:19 +0100 > From: Frans de Boer <fr...@fransdb.nl> > To: lfs-support@linuxfromscratch.org > Subject: [lfs-support] systemd versus sysvinit > > Dear All, > > It looks like most Linux distributions are switching to systemd from > sysvinit. As Bruce is even one of the (co-?)authors of systemd, the > knowledge is already in the house. Why would (x)LFS stick to sysvinit > while the rest of the world is moving to systemd? >
- well, maybe much of 'the Linux world': much of 'the rest of the world' uses windows/mac/android; why would you use linux (per se) when much of 'the rest of the world' has not moved to it? There is of course the systemd-lfs branch. ((It's apt to be known as 'systemd-lfs' rather than 'lfs-systemd', to get correct the order of 'drivers' - i.e. dictating what you will do.)) > Of course, simplicity might be one reason. After all sysvinit system is > much easier to understand then the somewhat more complex systemd system. > However, if everybody was thinking like this, there would be no progress > ever. That 'However ...' sentence appears to contain multiple fallacious assumptions, leaps of 'logic', &c: could you detail a bit more your line of thought there? (GroupThink & LockStep) != (genuine value & progress). > I also think that in order to keep (x)LFS attractive to new followers, > the project should go with the flow. > A POS always has its attractants. Bear in mind that Linux start by going, at least substantially, against the flow. You may wish to lookup the von Neumann / Hilbert quote about the flow of rivers. > Since my days of programming are long past, I can only offer my system > resources for (test)building development versions - much as what I do today. > Again, there's the sysd-lfs branch. Were you aware of that? hth, akhiezer > Regards, Frans. > -- > -- -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
