LXer: Slackware: Is Systemd Inevitable?

LXer · 05-01-2013, 12:51 AM

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Dietrich Schmitz takes a look at Slackware Linux, the oldest Linux Distro, to assess the state of affairs concerning systemd compliance. Read what Founder Patrick Volkerding has to say about it.

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GazL · 05-01-2013, 08:08 AM

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Will Slackware be the next Distro to fall in line and become systemd-compliant?

No.

dugan · 05-01-2013, 09:52 AM

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I came across an interview done by LinuxQuestions.org with Patrick

The one done almost a year ago? This is one timely article.

The quote from the interview mentions systemd being possible, not "inevitable". There's a difference.

ssl779 · 07-21-2013, 10:51 PM

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Originally Posted by GazL

No.

why so sure?
where this info comes from?

H_TeXMeX_H · 07-22-2013, 03:07 AM

I hope not. There are plenty of udev forks out there, so I don't think there is any reason to switch. It is Pat V.'s decision.

GazL · 07-22-2013, 04:54 AM

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Originally Posted by ssl779

why so sure?
where this info comes from?

Betteridge's law of headlines.

Flippancy aside, Pat is very conservative when it comes to Slackware development.