why do we use systemd?

[Sam Varshavchik]

Heinz Diehl writes:

> 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..

If the goal was to speed up startup, by executing stuff in parallel that  
does not have dependencies on each other, that could've been done in many  
other, simpler ways.

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