On Tue, 25 Dec 2012 08:56:38 -0500 Joshua Murphy <poiso...@gmail.com> wrote:
> It would still be a (notable, at that) drop > in size if the shell script was redone to provide exactly the same set > of features, then compared, but that size difference wouldn't have the > same shock value as the comparison against 80+ lines. If you look at the ssh devs distribution OpenBSD, sshd's rc config is a one liner basically of simply enable or provide command line arguments. Key checking is part of the OS startup script which is beautifully easy to read and follow through to shutdown. The turing complete language as oppose to the increased pid1 of systemd is a theoretical fallacy where bugs can be immediately fixed with a text editor or swapping the constantly tested but admittedly complex shell code. Note though that init does not require a shell or Turing complete language at all or anything else making it appropriate in it's various forms to all cases. Ironically this variation can be seen as unifying unix communities. What would be good is a common agreement on the format or sysadmins equivelent to API of controlling a universally applicable init system.
