[arch-general] OT: "Major distributions" (WAS: Re: [arch-dev-public] Migration to systemd)

[Leon Feng]

2012/8/15 Thomas Bächler <thomas at archlinux.org>:
> Am 14.08.2012 18:19, schrieb Brandon Watkins:
>> Systemd isn't going anywhere anytime soon, its going to be adopted by RHEL
>> (which means it would also be adopted by RHEL derivatives like CentOS), and
>> its being adopted by major distros like fedora, opensuse, mageia etc...
>
> What are those "major distributions"?
>
> 1) Debian, Ubuntu, Mint and derivatives
> 2) Fedora and derivatives
> 3) openSuSE
> 4) Arch
> 5) Mandriva / Mageia
> 6) Slackware
> 7) Gentoo
>
> That's about it. As you see, I included Arch up there. As far as I can
> see, after Debian, Ubuntu, Mint, Fedora and openSuSE (in no particular
> order), Arch has been number 6 on the list of "major Linux
> distributions" (excluding professional stuff like SLES or RHEL) for
> several years.
>
> What I am trying to say is: It no longer suffices to say "we follow the
> major distributions" when making a decision, as Arch itself is a major
> distribution now.
>
> Still, your point stands: Redhat will be funding systemd development for
> quite a while.
>
>

As a rolling release, Arch is usually the leader of adopt new technology.
But now, Arch is falling behind Debian now. So sad.

Chao