Perhaps this is a controversial idea, but is this not just someone finally taking the tried and true Open Source "advice" to heart?
That is, every time I've reported something is broken, wonky, doesn't work reliably, et cetera, I've been told, "Submit a patch.", "Write some code.", or worse, "Implement it yourself."
Someone finally got fed up with the haphazard state of affairs in Linux-land. Fed up with the fragmented and sometimes many places you have to look for error logs. Fed up with the many files you have to edit to configure the network correctly (different on every major distribution). Fed up with the half dozen ways to configure X, where X is a common function to every modern operating system.
It seems Lennart has taken the advice and followed through, and distribution maintainers liked it. They liked the idea that someone was taking all this complicated work - this dirty, boring to write and maintain code - and making their lives easier. Why else would nearly every distribution be on board?
Systemd is offering a more compelling solution than anyone else, and if you don't like it, well, you should submit a patch, write some code, or implement it yourself.
That is, every time I've reported something is broken, wonky, doesn't work reliably, et cetera, I've been told, "Submit a patch.", "Write some code.", or worse, "Implement it yourself."
Someone finally got fed up with the haphazard state of affairs in Linux-land. Fed up with the fragmented and sometimes many places you have to look for error logs. Fed up with the many files you have to edit to configure the network correctly (different on every major distribution). Fed up with the half dozen ways to configure X, where X is a common function to every modern operating system.
It seems Lennart has taken the advice and followed through, and distribution maintainers liked it. They liked the idea that someone was taking all this complicated work - this dirty, boring to write and maintain code - and making their lives easier. Why else would nearly every distribution be on board?
Systemd is offering a more compelling solution than anyone else, and if you don't like it, well, you should submit a patch, write some code, or implement it yourself.