World-renowned Unix master Chris Siebenmann has written an article entitled 'I wish systemd would get over its thing about syslog'. It addresses the strained relationship between the systemd init system and the traditional syslog approach to logging used on many Linux systems.
Chris writes:
Anyone who works with systemd soon comes to realize that systemd just doesn't like syslog very much. In fact systemd is so unhappy with syslog that it invented its own logging mechanism (in the form of journald). This is not news. What people who don't have to look deeply into the situation often don't realize is that systemd's dislike is sufficiently deep that systemd just doesn't interact very well with syslog.
This is a must-read article for anyone who needs to use systemd and syslog together.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 20 2015, @01:07PM
He seems to be accepting of what Systemd is trying to do in general, but is pointing out some rough edges.
Note that he has shown himself accepting enough that not only the normal white knights of Systemd shows up to tell he is wrong, but Poettering himself makes an appearance. This indicates that he is not expecting to get any real resistance to his claims.