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Re: Bug#727708: Fsck SystemD and its developers and its users. GR to override this please.



previously on this list John Paul Adrian Glaubitz contributed:

> On 02/11/2014 05:20 AM, Thomas Goirand wrote:
> >> It's like being able to customize internal parts of your cars engine
> >> when ordering one from your dealer. Customers don't care who the
> >> manufacturer of your ignition system is as long it's the best
> >> possible one. (Yes, I know comparisons with cars are bad ;)).
> > 
> > That's partly not truth. Some customers care, and do customization of
> > their car.
> 
> No, it's absolutely not. You can have the choice for the interior
> design, the paint job, the radio, the type of engine and comfort
> features, but you certainly cannot have the choice on internal
> parts like the ignition system or starter motor.

I'm under the impression Americans customise almost routinely.

I know one of my Dad's favourite features of the original mini (mini's
may be simple but they won many rallies and are still going) was that
almost anyone could take it apart completely in his garage and put it
all back together optionally replacing parts. Only the interfaces have
to match.

That was until he rolled it into a ditch and is still unable to work
out how he physically managed to scramble out of the tiny triangular
window.

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'Write programs that do one thing and do it well. Write programs to work
together. Write programs to handle text streams, because that is a
universal interface'

(Doug McIlroy)

In Other Words - Don't design like polkit or systemd
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