On Tue, Jul 08, 2014 at 02:56:17PM -0400, m.roth@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > I think that a lot of these objections are addressed here:
> >
> > http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/separate-usr-is-broken/
>
> Great. And it's from freedesktop... as opposed to, say, a system user, and
> which implies to me that it's for runlevel 5 GUI-only users....
This seems to be a common misconception.
To quote http://0pointer.de/blog/projects/the-biggest-myths.html:
> 9. Myth: systemd is a freedesktop.org project.
> Well, systemd is certainly hosted at fdo, but freedesktop.org is
> little else but a repository for code and documentation. Pretty much
> any coder can request a repository there and dump his stuff there (as
> long as it's somewhat relevant for the infrastructure of free
> systems). There's no cabal involved, no "standardization" scheme, no
> project vetting, nothing. It's just a nice, free, reliable place to
> have your repository. In that regard it's a bit like SourceForge,
> github, kernel.org, just not commercial and without over-the-top
> requirements, and hence a good place to keep our stuff.
> So yes, we host our stuff at fdo, but the implied assumption of this
> myth in that there was a group of people who meet and then agree on
> how the future free systems look like, is entirely bogus.
freedesktop.org hosts a variety of software projects, not all of which
are desktop-oriented. Just look at the list here:
http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/
It's worth noting that much of the software projects hosted there are
desktop-oriented, but that doesn't mean that systemd is only for
desktops. It just happens to be the site where the systemd
documentation resides, and is a great place to peruse if you are
interested in learning more about systemd.
--
Jonathan Billings <billings@xxxxxxxxxx>
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