On Friday, January 21, 2011 06:10:02 pm Denis A. Altoé Falqueto wrote: > On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 9:51 PM, Yaro Kasear <yaro@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > If it isn't broken, don't fix it. We put grub2 in [extra], not [core], > > for the same reason we really should put systemd in [extra] and not > > [core]. > > Don't get me wrong, but no one is putting anything anywhere. This is > not a voting. The decision of bringing any package to the official > repos is exclusively on the shoulders of a developer willing to > maintain it. So all the discussion about entering or not is moot. > > On the other hand, I'm enjoying the articles very much. The comments > on each blog post are very enlightening. It even shows that Lennart > has more patience than I would have... I've seen it being bashed > without any reason and yet answer politely. > > One very inspiring comment by Lennart, that sums up a lot of my own > thoughts is: > > "... you are right, systemd is nothing like traditional Unix. And that > is a good thing. Unix has been designed 41 years ago. You honestly > believe that its design is perfect and flawless and 41 years after it > was designed still should be followed in all detail? No, computers > changed, and Unix never was perfect. It probably was a better design > than most other operating systems, but this does not mean it is > perfect and we should never depart from it." > > So, maybe we could tackle this discussion with an open mind, instead > of being so zealots about what you already know. Remember, you didn't > born knowing Linux. You can learn other things too :) I'm happy with > the thread, because I'm having a good time reading about systemd. I'll > try it in a few moments and see what it gives. Thanks Risinger for the > links and Tom for the packages :) I have nothing against change. Change for the sake of it being a change, on the other hand...
