On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 11:34 AM, Lars E. Pettersson <lars(a)homer.se> wrote:
On 12/02/14 15:47, Paul W. Frields wrote:
> Well, to be frank, it was sold to solve the issue of start up time of
>> computers.
>>
> ...
> This is incorrect. The actual problems systemd was meant to solve
> include but are not limited to:
>
No, it was sold to us, in the beginning, with the promise of faster boot
time. I remember the often long and winding discussions on whether this
materialized or not...
I unfortunately have to side with Lars (while also trying not to fuel the
fire)
Because of this he-said/she-said discussion,
I dug up and read this reference/announcement for systemd.
http://0pointer.de/blog/projects/systemd.html
And from what I quickly read, it focuses on 'parallel' startup
(which I can see no other reason for, other than speeding boot time)
but on the other hand, although it talks about 'logging everything',
it didn't advertize or mention the binary approach that we now have
that many object to.