Bug#727708: multiple init systems - formal resolution proposal - Don't like software, don't use it. Absolutely.
2014-01-31 Keith Packard <keithp@keithp.com>:
> Sergey B Kirpichev <skirpichev@gmail.com> writes:
> [...]
>> Where is the list of problems for sysvinit we intend to solve?
>
> For X, the problem is running X as a user other than root, which should
> provide for increased system security as we'll be reducing the amount of
> root code substantially. Using the systemd mechanisms for sending new
> input devices to the X server solves one of the longstanding issues with
> non-root X.
I was referring to that - of course X does not depend on systemd, but
systemd provides features which make it possible to fix existing
issues, that's why it makes sense to use it. Of course it does not
exclude implementing that stuff in a different, non-systemd tool, but
to my knowledge nobody has done that yet.
Thank you for working on X and clarifying this!
Matthias
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