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On the contrary: most people who had an opinion were interested in something other than sysvinit.

It's just that we all have different ideas about what that is.

daemontools-style supervisors are what I prefer, myself. I also acknowledge that there isn't a clear winner in that space.

What I object to are people enforcing systemd by making it a requirement for other projects.

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> ...It's just that we all have different ideas about what that is.

This in a nutshell is why all progress is always a god awful painful mess. No matter how modest.

I used to be self-proclaimed advocate for change. Technological, organizational, political, all of it. Everyone marching arm-in-arm towards our glorious future.

Now I'm happy when any one manages to change anything at all. I no longer even care how good or bad an idea is. Better to try and then learn from failure than never try at all.

Exactly: Any _individual_ change may or may not be good - but change _in general_ is good, because without it there's no chance of getting better. And any hope of improvement is infinitely better than no hope of improvement.

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