[CentOS] Just need to vent

Wed Jan 27 16:06:10 UTC 2016
m.roth at 5-cent.us <m.roth at 5-cent.us>

Joseph L. Casale wrote:
>> I don't take a position in the systemd argument,
>> but you said that systemd fixes lots of problems.
>> It is perfectly reasonable to ask you to name one of these problems,
>> perhaps the one you think is most important.
>
> Compare any average sysv init script with a systemd unit file.
> The magnitude of gross bash required to do what systemd
> elegantly accomplishes with a mere few configuration directives
> in a more reliable way is enough for me.
>
> Personally, I think systemd is the single greatest accomplishment
> Linux has had in so long I can't recall.
>
Sorry, I don't understand this. I *think* I've written one or two init V
scripts. Overwhelmingly, I just edit .conf files. What I've seen of
systemd files are complicated, and multi-multi level.

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