Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2012 12:03:56 +0100 From: Jamie Paul Griffin <jamie@kode5.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Warning - FreeBSD (*BSD) entanglement in Linux ecosystem Message-ID: <20120822110356.GA91189@kontrol.kode5.net> In-Reply-To: <20120822102956.GA43074@lpthe.jussieu.fr> References: <20120822102956.GA43074@lpthe.jussieu.fr>
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[ Michel Talon wrote on Wed 22.Aug'12 at 12:29:56 +0200 ] > > David Jackson said: > > In reference to the claims that systemd developers "do not care about > > portability", this is deceptive and misleading. > You should read the following interview of Lennart Poettering > http://linuxfr.org/nodes/86687/comments/1249943 > The amount of hubris and self confidence he deploys is really > astounding. I will just quote two extracts: > " LinuxFr.org : Systemd use a lot of Linux only technologies (cgroups, > udev, fanotify, timerfd, signalfd, etc). Do you really think the Linux > API has been taking the role of the POSIX API and the other systems are > irrelevant ? > Lennart : Yes, I don't think BSD is really too relevant anymore, and I > think that this implied requirement for compatibility with those systems > when somebody hacks software for the free desktop or ecosystem is a > burden, and holds us back for little benefit. " This guy seems to be a real moron. What a ridiculous statement to make.
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