On 16 August 2012 03:46, Fons Adriaensen <fons@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 12:25:05AM +0800, Rashif Ray Rahman wrote: > >> Please think of systemd as the freedesktop.org specs for desktop files >> or graphical interoperability between distributions (X11, d-bus). > > I'm trying to attach some meaning to that sentence, but so > far I can't. No problem. It is an analogy, though not meant to be a good one. 'Desktop files' and 'X11 interoperability' are indeed far away from 'core functionality' and 'init'. However, the point stands that it refers to freedesktop.org standards that distributions do follow. >> It is a new 'upstream' that we can rely on for running our GNU/Linux >> systems. It so happens that this time it's a core part of the system >> that's being 'standardised'. If you're not a fan of freedesktop.org, >> then I'm afraid that's a religious position you choose to take. > > That is completely upside down. Blindly accepting truth 'fom above'. > in this case freedesktop.org, is a religious attitude. Refusing > to do that certainly is not. Sorry, I do not recall anyone blindly accepting any kind of truth. It is simply a new way to do something, one that proposes to aid better in maintaining a GNU/Linux distribution. We simply realise its potential and adopt it, instead of fearing and comdemning it for its flaws. I do not see how this is a religious position. Rather, it is a rational one. -- GPG/PGP ID: C0711BF1
