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posted by n1 on Sunday September 28 2014, @06:27AM   Printer-friendly
from the yet-another-systemd-story dept.

Controversy is nothing new when it comes to systemd. Many people find this new Linux init system to be inherently flawed in most ways, yet it is still gaining traction with major distros like Arch Linux, openSUSE, Fedora, and soon both Ubuntu and Debian GNU/Linux. The adoption of systemd for Debian 8 "Jessie" has been particularly fraught with strife and animosity.

Some have described the systemd adoption process as having been a "coup", while others are vowing to stick with Debian 7 as long as possible before moving to another distro. Others are so upset by what they see as a complete betrayal of the Debian and open source communities that there is serious discussion about forking Debian. Regardless of one's stance toward systemd, it cannot be argued that it has become one of the most divisive and disruptive changes in the long history of the Debian project, threatening to destroy both the project and the community that has built up around it.

 
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  • (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 28 2014, @07:45PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 28 2014, @07:45PM (#99319)

    Code doesn't bit rot. Keep on keeping on with an old version of gnome ( 2 or 1) and IDE. The different point releases are so far removed from each other they should be considered separate projects anyway, and separately install able. App armor or grsecurity completely mitigates against buffer overflow and other common attacks if you're worried about stable pieces of software having errors.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 28 2014, @11:52PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 28 2014, @11:52PM (#99393)

    That's total bullshit. New security flaws are discovered daily. Old code needs to continually be updated to address such flaws. The mktemp() is a good example of this. Old code that uses it needs to be updated, contrary to your bullshit claim that "code doesn't bit rot".