On 11/21/14 07:31, Marc Stürmer wrote: > Am 21.11.2014 um 08:17 schrieb Paige Thompson: > >> I just read an article that says systemd is taking over linux and linux >> is not linux anymore: >> http://blog.lusis.org/blog/2014/11/20/systemd-redux/ >> >> I kinda have to agree which is partially why I'm not using it. Will >> Gentoo have any plans of forcing its users to move to systemd or will I >> always (such as its always roughly been) have the option of using init >> and openrc as it is now? I personally have no reasons currently to > > You've been on this list for surely long enough to know, that systemd > will always be optional for Gentoo users with Openrc not going away > too soon as the default. > Being on the list hasn't done me any favors in terms of knowing architectural plans are to be made. I personally want to believe systemd will always be optional but I wouldn't rely on that since it's not my call but I understand that it would have to be fairly mutual amongst other maintainers. I was hoping this e-mail would find some of those people.
I remember a time when devfs support was dropped from Gentoo in favor of udev. I don't remember why but it seems udev is on everything now.. sound familiar? It wasn't that big of a switch for me.. I think there might have been maybe one or two packages that it affected that I cared about. On the other hand, today I am a bit more saavy than back then and I don't really feel like systemd offers anything that I want and it seems to be followed by a lot of security problems that I don't need. I don't want to perpetuate ignorance, so correct me if I'm wrong. It seems like for me specifically to switch to systemd would mean to take on a lot more complexity than I need if I'm already happy with what I've got? Asides from where systemd is useful outside of cgroups for virtualization I fail to understand how process accounting is useful in any other context except for "multi-user" environments--public shell servers? I guess I'll have to do some more reading to understand. It's just nice to know what I have to look forward to in advance. I have a friend who seems certain that systemd is inevitable despite being satisfied with openrc. Not trying to troll or force ignorant/zealous issues. Thanks -Paige
