On 15.07.2024 12:30, Jan Beulich wrote: > On 15.07.2024 12:07, Andrew Cooper wrote: >> I see two options. >> >> 1) Activate Systemd by default on Linux now (as it's basically free), or >> 2) Update CHANGELOG to note this behaviour >> >> Personally I think 2 is the better option, because we don't special case >> the other init systems. > > Would 1) have any downsides to Linux systems not coming with systemd? If > not, like Marek says, wouldn't it make sense to put in place respective > stuff unconditionally (by default), even if it may end up unused?
The more I think about it, the more I agree with you wanting to take the 2 route (perhaps additionally with mention of it in the release notes). First and foremost because of the build-env != runtime-env consideration. Jan
