* On 2014 11 Oct 12:11 -0500, Steve Litt wrote: > On Sat, 11 Oct 2014 13:53:20 +0300 > Andrei POPESCU <andreimpope...@gmail.com> wrote: > > You might want to check your facts: > > > > Linus Torvalds "only" created the Linux kernel, which is notoriously > > monolithic[1]. > > > > [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanenbaum%E2%80%93Torvalds_debate > > This is very true, but the kernel knows its boundaries, and doesn't try > to conquor all sorts of other, non-related, subsystems.
Also, the kernel developers have moved some things out of the kernel over the years, IIUC. This is the question I have, what are the stated boundaries of the systemd project? Have any boundaries/goals been stated in terms of when systemd will be feature complete? What is the stated compliance to POSIX (Google doesn't seem to provide me good results)? I realize that no distribution will ever be formally POSIX compliant but I always thought it was a good goal to work toward. I really don't want to see the community abandon POSIX compliance. No, POSIX is not perfect and has received a number of revisions over the years. Without some kind of goal posts development will be all over the map. It seems we're looking at a similar situation today as then which begat POSIX as an effort to bring some order to the UNIX world a few decades ago. I fear that we are living the axiom, "Those who do not understand UNIX are condemned to reinvent it, poorly." - Nate -- "The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears this is true." Ham radio, Linux, bikes, and more: http://www.n0nb.us -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20141011180012.ga5...@n0nb.us
