Re: [systemd-devel] [PATCH] add sprezzos as alias for debian in autoconf script
On Sat, Dec 29, 2012 at 03:30:08PM -0500, nick black wrote:
> - at some point, either debian or the derivative might lurch in a new
> direction. in either case, carefully-crafted, minimal new
> TARGET_-specific code (or however you choose to do it) can mirror the
> divergence. all scripts continue to work.
At this point derevative should stop and think. Is this diversion really
needed (hint: almost never is)? What advantages this diversion brings, if
any? If it's a good idea, why upstream did not go this way?
Systemd project is trying to _get rid_ of distro difference in such trivial
matters as hostname file location. Configure options are needed to make
adoption easier, but the holy grail would be removing those options.
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