On Mon, Feb 15, 2016 at 09:46:56AM +0000, Darac Marjal wrote: > On Sun, Feb 14, 2016 at 02:48:14PM -0600, Tim McDonough wrote: > > > >Anyone have a recommendation for a good reference/tutorial on systemd as > >it applies to Debian Jessie? > > > >It's very frustrating to work on configuring static IPs, SSHD ports, etc. > >and never knowing which files are the correct ones to edit. For that > >matter, with systemd now in place why the heck were the old config files > >and scripts left in place if they aren't used? > > As far as I'm aware, just because systemd CAN configure networking, doesn't > mean that it does. And in fact, in Debian, it doesn't. The Debian Reference > Manual [1] (which should be considered gospel in these matters), states that > the preferred methods fore configuring the network are either > network-manager or wicd for a graphical desktop machine, or > /etc/network/interfaces otherwise. > > I would not expect this to change in Stretch and, even if systemd is brought > in to manage the task, the principle of least surprise would suggest that
That is why there is normally a Debian news/changes file. The principle of least surprise only works if someone puts in the work to make it so. -- "If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." --- Malcolm X
