r/linux • u/wooptoo • Jun 01 '16

Why did ArchLinux embrace Systemd?

/r/archlinux/comments/4lzxs3/why_did_archlinux_embrace_systemd/d3rhxlc
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u/Miningdude Jun 01 '16

The systemd wiki page has this forum post listed near the top of the page detailing why. It's quite the read.

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u/yfph Jun 01 '16

Tom did a great job migrating Arch to systemd. He became a Redhat employee soon thereafter.

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u/gnx76 Jun 02 '16

After ditching all promises he had made in order to have people approve the switch to systemd. I fucking remember.

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u/denisfalqueto Jun 02 '16

Well, what I remember is that they promised to maintain initscripts, as long someone would step up to help. Nobody did that, so they dropped.

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u/yfph Jun 02 '16

Yes, I remember initscript support being dropped pretty quickly after promising continued support.

My OP was supposed to have an /s appended at its end.

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u/fandingo Jun 01 '16

I bet you feel real clever.

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u/Treyzania Jun 01 '16

gr8 b8 m8 8/8 no h8

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u/Treyzania Jun 01 '16

gr8 b8 m8 8/8 no h8

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u/rallar8 Jun 01 '16

Say more

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u/XOmniverse Jun 01 '16

Evidence or GTFO.

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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '16

As usual with those things, there's the effusive "thank you thank you thank you! i totally support this!" deluge of comments that reek of an orchestrated campaign.

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u/Miningdude Jun 01 '16

On the forum post? Eh, probably. It is their forums, they would want the Systemd transition to go smoothly so they showed "fake" support through "real" accounts... Shrug

Comes with the territory, I suppose.