Hi, Martin Steigerwald: > > Desktops (not only GNOME) use a very tiny bit of systemd, interfaces > > that could be provided elsewhere. The real purpose of systemd is to > > provide a modern init system. > > I still wonder why there are provided within systemd then. > Yes, the logind-related parte _could_ be provided elsewhere, but part of the features logind needs is already implemented in systemd. So using that instead of rolling your own from scratch is simply common sense.
A second implementation also would require coordination between systemd and whatever, therefore requiring yet more code. More man-hours to write and debug. NB: s/there/they/. -- -- Matthias Urlichs -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20141127105318.ga18...@smurf.noris.de
