not surprised that @postmarketOS folks pulled the trigger on systemd
in alpine we have promised to build something better than openrc for years, but it still isnβt here.
meanwhile, the polyfills for various systemd apis to work on openrc do not actually work correctly in many cases, leading to unnecessary bugs on the desktop.
i think @alpinelinux should join pmOS in getting off openrc, the project is basically on life support anyway and the maintainers primarily focus on Gentoo usecases also.
@ariadne @postmarketOS @alpinelinux Is there a blog post or something about this new init system plan?
@ariadne @postmarketOS @alpinelinux
If everyone is going to get on the systemd bandwagon, then it is important to focus many thousands of eyes on the source code.
I would look for race conditions.
They will not be obvious. While studying the code, you have to think outside the box, and ask yourself:
How can this be attacked?
@ariadne AdΓ©lie would have switched a few years ago if journald wasn't still joined at the hip with it. If there was an effort to make a systemd without journald I'd be all-in. So tired of dealing with OpenRC bull.
See also my thought piece on it: https://catfox.life/2024/01/05/systemd-through-the-eyes-of-a-musl-distribution-maintainer/