On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 8:40 AM, <Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu> wrote: [snip]
It started as a replacement init system. I suspected it had jumped the shark when it sprouted an entirely new DHCP and NTP service. And this
Yikes. What's next? Built-in DNS server + LDAP/Hesiod + Kerberos + SMB/Active Directory client and server + Solitaire + Network Neighborhood functionality built into the program ? I would like to note, that I prefer Upstart as in RHEL 6. The all-in-one approach of systemd might have a place on some specialized desktop distros, but outside that niche its' IMO a terrible idea. The proper fix is probably a go back to Upstart or SysVInit and rewrite systemd, so all the pieces are separated and exist as a higher layer on top of init. Nothing wrong with having a concept such as a "systemd-desktop-program-launcher" application that the real init system runs.
was confirmed when I saw this:
"Leading up to this has been cursor rendering support, keyboard mapping support, screen renderer, DRM back-end, input interface, and dozens of other commits." -- -JH