I'm not a huge fan of systemd

[Zenaan Harkness]

Hi Brian, you handled yourself in style here. Bravo!

Especially your last sentence. I enjoyed that :)

Regards
Zenaan


On 7/7/14, Brian <ad44 at cityscape.co.uk> wrote:
> On Mon 07 Jul 2014 at 09:46:22 +0900, Joel Rees wrote:
>
>> Doubting the veracity of information you are given is one of the
>> responsibilities you accept when you start thinking for yourself.
>
> Thinking doesn't stop at doubting.
>
>> Calling a peson's choice about how he spends his time "dubious grounds"
>> is
>> one of the principle tools of tyranny. Even parents trying to help
>> children
>> understand they are the root cause of their own problems should avoid
>> using
>> such arguments.
>
> The basis for the original doubt appeared to be the list of systemd's
> core components; the technical point that journald can be disabled was
> ignored. It was the reasoning I found dubious.
>
> Erwan David has my apologies if what was said came through as dictating
> how to spend his time.
>
>> And your response is a prime example of the reason systemd advocates are
>> seen as more than pushy.
>
> If giving a technical answer to a technical question ("Can you run
> systemd without logind or journald?") is seen as advocacy we are in a
> bad way.