why do we use systemd?

[Glenn Holmer]

On 07/06/2014 03:53 AM, lee wrote:
> Glenn Holmer <shadowm at lyonlabs.org> writes:
> 
>> On 07/05/2014 06:21 PM, Tim wrote:
>>> Allegedly, on or about 05 July 2014, Patrick O'Callaghan sent:
>>> The old system was considered bad, because it had 6 run levels, of which
>>> a few of them were never used.  Now we have 12?
>>
>> Twelve different types of *units*, of which service and target are two.
>> A target is like a runlevel (it groups units together), except that more
> 
> Then systemd is broken by design.  A shepherd is *not* a type of sheep.

systemd is broken because you don't like the terms it uses? Really?
"Target" makes perfect sense: to reach a certain target, enable the
units in its list.

> And why would so many types of units be needed?

http://www.lyonlabs.org/just-rtfm.jpg

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