On: Avoiding Complexity with Systemd

[generalizations]

> But system init is a hard, complex problem.

It's not. Read the shell scripts that openbsd uses to init. Simple, straightforward, easy to understand.

[ageofzfarm → generalizations]

The complexity is buried in the huge work the OpenBSD devs make to keep the kernel and the base system small, elegant and consistent.

I read your comment more as a tribute to the excellent work of the OpenBSD team than a denial of the thesis of the complexity of the init process.

[generalizations → ageofzfarm]

> The complexity is buried in the huge work the OpenBSD devs make to keep the kernel and the base system small, elegant and consistent.

>> You can’t create a simple solution for that, since there is an inherent complexity.

They didn't bury the complexity, they removed it. And I agree, that's hard to do. It'd be nice if the systemd folks put in the same effort to remove the complexity from their system.