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On 04/06/14 16:47, Neil Bothwick wrote:
> On Wed, 04 Jun 2014 08:21:51 -0400, Tanstaafl wrote:
>
>> And yes, as devs get lazier (decide to rely on systemd rather than
>> build it to work independently of the init system),
> Reusing existing, proven code is not laziness, it is efficiency. Yes,
> they could code their own version, but all the time they spend coding and
> testing it will not be spent on the actual project, we all end up with an
> inferior product. Also, by adding to the software the uses systemd, or
> any other underlying code, the number of users/testers of that code
> increases.
>
> You seem to think the Upower devs simply decided to use systemd instead
> of doing it themselves. In fact, they were always using code, from either
> systemd or pm-utils. The fact that development stopped on pm-utils is
> neither the fault of the Upower or systemd people. They were reduced to a
> choice of one and you blame them for making the wrong choice?
>
>

Well said.