Re: [arch-general] Inquiry about research paper

2017-02-21 Thread Jason Ryan via arch-general 

On 21/02/17 at 06:44pm, Maxwell Anselm via arch-general wrote:


Not about systemd, but about your request. This is the wrong list for
such a request and apart from this, it's the wrong time to ask those
questions. You are years too late with those questions.



I agree. This would be better suited for the Arch forums. We have a section
for general GNU/Linux discussion

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewforum.php?id=20


I disagree. People wanting to rehash this issue can respond to the OP
off list. 


/J

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Re: [arch-general] Inquiry about research paper

2017-02-21 Thread Maxwell Anselm via arch-general 
>
> Not about systemd, but about your request. This is the wrong list for
> such a request and apart from this, it's the wrong time to ask those
> questions. You are years too late with those questions.
>

I agree. This would be better suited for the Arch forums. We have a section
for general GNU/Linux discussion

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewforum.php?id=20

Re: [arch-general] Inquiry about research paper

2017-02-21 Thread Ralf Mardorf 
On Wed, 2017-02-22 at 08:18 +0900, Jaewon Choi via arch-general wrote:
> What changes that do you think systemd should make to improve itself?
> For instance, ‘typing systemctl everytime is bothersome. Systemd should
> shorten it to sctl instead.

A user should get the skills to add an alias with what ever should
please her. It makes sense to avoid similar names. "sctl" is similar to
"sysctl", while "systemctl" follows the style of the system family
"system...". For many computer users typing isn't an issue. It makes
more sense to have plausible default names.

> Is there anything else you would like to tell me about systemd?

Not about systemd, but about your request. This is the wrong list for
such a request and apart from this, it's the wrong time to ask those
questions. You are years too late with those questions.

Regards,
Ralf

[arch-general] Inquiry about research paper

2017-02-21 Thread Jaewon Choi via arch-general 
Dear Arch Linux community,

Hello, my name is Irvin Choi I am student from Dwight School Seoul, and I
am writing a extended essay within IB (ibo.org) curriculum research paper
about systemd, service manager for Linux/GNU operating system. There are
few questions that I would like to ask to broaden my understanding
regarding systemd, and I would like to kindly ask you to answer them to
best of your ability.

It is very important for my research paper, as the research paper plays
huge role in my high school curriculum and possibly my future. I would like
to mention that, I may use your questions on the research paper for
credibility purposes.

Here are the questions (please consider explaining your answers and avoid
short answers):

1) Who are you and what do you do for the community?

2) What do you think of the systemd as a service manager? Do you have an
opinion about its pros and cons?

3) What do you think users of the distribution thinks about the systemd? Do
you think they favor systemd? If not, why so?

4) Through my research, I was able to see that there are existing service
managers such as upstart, sysvinit, and others. Why did systemd become the
standard over the others in most of the distributions? Was it worth the
replacement of existing service manager that is seen to be reliable?

5) What changes that do you think systemd should make to improve itself?
For instance, ‘typing systemctl everytime is bothersome. Systemd should
shorten it to sctl instead.)

6) There are lots of Linux/GNU users across the world. To what users are
systemd intended for? Do you think systemd is useful for the servers
administrators, desktop users, laptop users, or others?

7) I’ve heard that there are lots of debate about systemd and it really got
heated at one point, involving personal opinions, politics, and others.
What was the cause and how did it get resolved (if at all)?

8) Is there anything else you would like to tell me about systemd?

Thank you very much time.. It means a lot for me, as I am really interested
in Linux/GNU system, and this became the opportunity to broaden my
understanding.

Have a great day.