On 05.07.2014, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
It allows the various components to have specific dependencies so they can start as soon as everything is in place. Older mechanisms such as the traditional System V init scripts were much more limited and could only do this with very ad hoc and buggy per-service tests, so they mostly didn't.
Do we need that? I mean, what's the advantage of having a speedier startup wrt the introduction of massive complexity? Do we need the saved seconds for something useful? How much time do we actually use to manage/struggle with systemd in comparison to a potentially slower but more mature and less complex system?
Just curious..