Re: init system agnosticism [WAS: how to remove libsystemd0 from a live-running debian desktop system]

2017-04-14 Thread Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult
On 13.04.2017 11:27, Vincent Danjean wrote: > For me, the first argument explain in the first mail is not this one. > systemd is not portable on lots of system (hurd, kFreeBSD, ...), This is just one of many arguments for not making applications depending on it. (and they shouldn't depend on a

Re: init system agnosticism [WAS: how to remove libsystemd0 from a live-running debian desktop system]

2017-04-13 Thread Russ Allbery
Vincent Danjean writes: > I'm persuaded that ignoring this issue will lead to an unmaintanable > Debian distribution on plateforms that do not support systemd in the > middle/long term. But, perhaps, it is what the project wants. > Enrico is proposing something else. I'm not sure if his propo

Re: init system agnosticism [WAS: how to remove libsystemd0 from a live-running debian desktop system]

2017-04-13 Thread Tollef Fog Heen
]] Vincent Danjean > For me, the first argument explain in the first mail is not this > one. systemd is not portable on lots of system (hurd, kFreeBSD, ...), > upstream systemd is not interested in making its code portable, nor to > stabilize its interfaces so that other system init can easily

Re: init system agnosticism [WAS: how to remove libsystemd0 from a live-running debian desktop system]

2017-04-13 Thread Vincent Danjean
Hi, I do not have any strong position on this subject. Le 13/04/2017 à 02:13, Russ Allbery a écrit : > I guess I'm confused about what you think this email will accomplish. I > feel like it's just another round of being convinced that, since you > dislike systemd, everyone else must also som

Re: init system agnosticism [WAS: how to remove libsystemd0 from a live-running debian desktop system]

2017-04-12 Thread Brian May
On 2017-04-13 10:13, Russ Allbery wrote: > It would be nice if people would stop doing the same thing over and over > again and expecting different results. Maybe this illustrates the core of the problem: https://xkcd.com/242/

Re: init system agnosticism [WAS: how to remove libsystemd0 from a live-running debian desktop system]

2017-04-12 Thread Russ Allbery
"Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult" writes: > So, why don't we just ask, what kind of functionality do applications > really want (and what's the actual goal behind), and then define open > interfaces, that can be easily implemented anywhere ? Who's we? The people who are happy with systemd are,

Re: init system agnosticism [WAS: how to remove libsystemd0 from a live-running debian desktop system]

2017-04-12 Thread Rowan Thorpe
On 12 April 2017 at 09:38, Enrico Weigelt wrote: > ..[snip].. > So, at least anybody who maintains and systemd-free environment (eg. > platforms that dont even have it) needs run behind them and keep up. I think what you say there answers your own question at the end of your email about "...why p

Re: init system agnosticism [WAS: how to remove libsystemd0 from a live-running debian desktop system]

2017-04-12 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
Quoting Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult (2017-04-12 08:38:26) > I really wonder why people spent so much time in init system wars, > instead of thinking clearly of the actual root problem to solve. Because the debate got derailed by remarks painting other contributors to the debate as idiots, p

init system agnosticism [WAS: how to remove libsystemd0 from a live-running debian desktop system]

2017-04-11 Thread Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult
On 17.02.2015 18:49, The Wanderer wrote: Hi folks, just digging out an older thread that was still laying around in my inbox - w/ about 2yrs distance, I hope it was enough cool down time so we discuss it more objectively about that. > libsystemd0 is not a startup method, or an init system. It