Re: Distros specifically designed for children

On Sat, 31 May 2025 07:25:53 +0200, Marc Haber wrote:

Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

>
systemd had extensive backward compatibility with sysvinit scripts
right from the beginning. Otherwise nobody would have bothered with
a transition that would have been more painful than it needed to
be.

 
And here comes that attitude that I'd like to complain about in the
systemd makers: They're planning to rip the init script compatibility
layer out.

Yeah, I heard about that. Like anything in Open Source, who is going to
maintain it? Nobody wants to do unnecessary work without reward. Seems the
need for the transition period has largely gone away now, save only that
small handful of stubborn holdouts who will never concede anyway.