On Friday, January 21, 2011 06:10:02 pm Denis A. Altoé Falqueto wrote:
On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 9:51 PM, Yaro Kasear <yaro@marupa.net> wrote:
If it isn't broken, don't fix it. We put grub2 in [extra], not [core], for the same reason we really should put systemd in [extra] and not [core].
Don't get me wrong, but no one is putting anything anywhere. This is not a voting. The decision of bringing any package to the official repos is exclusively on the shoulders of a developer willing to maintain it. So all the discussion about entering or not is moot.
On the other hand, I'm enjoying the articles very much. The comments on each blog post are very enlightening. It even shows that Lennart has more patience than I would have... I've seen it being bashed without any reason and yet answer politely.
One very inspiring comment by Lennart, that sums up a lot of my own thoughts is:
"... you are right, systemd is nothing like traditional Unix. And that is a good thing. Unix has been designed 41 years ago. You honestly believe that its design is perfect and flawless and 41 years after it was designed still should be followed in all detail? No, computers changed, and Unix never was perfect. It probably was a better design than most other operating systems, but this does not mean it is perfect and we should never depart from it."
So, maybe we could tackle this discussion with an open mind, instead of being so zealots about what you already know. Remember, you didn't born knowing Linux. You can learn other things too :) I'm happy with the thread, because I'm having a good time reading about systemd. I'll try it in a few moments and see what it gives. Thanks Risinger for the links and Tom for the packages :)
I have nothing against change. Change for the sake of it being a change, on the other hand...