Re: Is missing SysV-init support a bug?
On Fri, Aug 26, 2016 at 12:04:23PM +0200, Ansgar Burchardt wrote:
> > However, that was two years ago. How long should we be expected to
> > continue maintaining sysvinit scripts?
>
> Well, the quoted decision doesn't suggest active maintenance. Just
> ignore it, but don't remove it (random additional configuration(!)
> files shouldn't be too bad). So keep them, ignore them and in 10 years
> we will eventually remove them ;)
Considering the average lifetime of FreeDesktop components, I have doubts as
to whether systemd will still exist in 10 years, at least in anything
resembling its present form.
Systemd as the blob might still exist, but its parts will likely have
underwent complete rewrites that require a new external API.
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