Bug#727708: init system other points, and conclusion

[cameron <camerontnorman@gmail.com>]

On Tue, Dec 31, 2013 at 10:31 AM, Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk> wrote:

Ansgar Burchardt writes ("Bug#727708: init system other points, and conclusion"):

What about the cgroup management functionality that newer versions of logind require? Should the systemd maintainers also reimplement it in upstart?

This is a somewhat separate issue, but: I think bundling the single cgroup writer into systemd is a very poor design choice. I think the bad consequences of that choice should be borne by the people who made it.

Nitpick: cgroups had multiple arbitrators when systemd was written to use it, and only recently did that change. I agree it was a poor design choice, and the systemd devs did not outright oppose it (as they should have IMO), but it was not technically systemd's fault.

Best regards,

Cameron Norman