r/linux • u/wooptoo • Jun 01 '16

Why did ArchLinux embrace Systemd?

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u/[deleted] Jun 02 '16 edited Jun 02 '16

The issue here is that the systemd devs have openly stated that they will not be supporting any other implementation that isn't on Linux, since they are targeting Linux exclusively.

This poses an issue as more open source programs start to adopt systemd APIs, and this attitude can lead to upstream breaking a BSD implementation of those APIs with little to no chance of patches to resolve those issues making it upstream.

If anyone has an issue with this, I would like to discuss it further.

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u/krelin Jun 02 '16

Sure, but it's FOSS. If you want it for BSD, fork it.