On 04/06/14 16:47, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Wed, 04 Jun 2014 08:21:51 -0400, Tanstaafl wrote: > >> And yes, as devs get lazier (decide to rely on systemd rather than >> build it to work independently of the init system), > Reusing existing, proven code is not laziness, it is efficiency. Yes, > they could code their own version, but all the time they spend coding and > testing it will not be spent on the actual project, we all end up with an > inferior product. Also, by adding to the software the uses systemd, or > any other underlying code, the number of users/testers of that code > increases. > > You seem to think the Upower devs simply decided to use systemd instead > of doing it themselves. In fact, they were always using code, from either > systemd or pm-utils. The fact that development stopped on pm-utils is > neither the fault of the Upower or systemd people. They were reduced to a > choice of one and you blame them for making the wrong choice? > >
Well said.
