On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 3:51 AM, Jason Ryan <jasonwryan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 15/08/12 at 03:35am, Felipe Contreras wrote: >> I just became aware that Arch Linux plans to switch to systemd, and >> this worries me for several reasons. >> >> snip > > I am running it on both my home machines and my work laptop. I have full > encryption on all three devices and LVM and Raid1 on two of them. Boot time is > not considerably faster, but shutdown is. > > I have not had any problems migrating or running the three machines in the > intervening fortnight. So you have 3 data-points. There's plenty of different machines and configurations out there, and the way you present your arguments seems to suggest that because you didn't have any problems, that proves that nobody out there can *possibly* have issues with systemd. I believe the opposite; even if you have tested in one thousand machines, the *possibility* still remains. > I think your concerns are largely unfounded and your alarmist tone does no > credit to the Arch developers who have given this some consideration and have > implemented it in a typically thorough and professional manner. I tend to not believe things without evidence, and not believe because of some "authority" says it's true. I will believe there was some careful analysis, when I see the result of the analysis in a summarized form as the Google DVCS analysis. If the benefits are well known, and the disadvantages minded, it shouldn't be difficult to write such a summary. Would it? Cheers. -- Felipe Contreras
