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0 points20after42y ago0 comments

I think this is the most likely explanation for why systemd includes everything but the kitchen sink. For consistency, and ease of maintenance, having it all under one umbrella is certainly a benefit (for the developers of systemd.)

Also, NIH is a hell of a drug.

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yencabulator2y ago

Systemd's catalogue of kitchen sinks is getting to be truly impressive. Here's an NVMe-over-TCP server, for some reason: https://github.com/systemd/systemd/blob/main/src/storagetm/s...

acdha2y ago

This is a great example of an edge case which many people might never need but is really useful in a pinch: that’s what provides the equivalent of the Mac target disk mode, which is really handy if you need to repair a no longer-bootable system.

https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/1761066b135f1a322c...

yencabulator2y ago

That's really not a great argument for why it belongs in systemd.

Kitchen sinks are generally useful, but 17 kitchen sinks in a helicopter is not a good idea.

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znpy2y ago

Have you ever setup an iscsi shared device in linux? It’s quite complex and a bit messy.

If systemd can make something similar (i still get a block device from another host in the network) in a simpler manner that would be just awesome, truly a huge win for everybody.

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0 points20after42y ago0 comments

Also, NIH is a hell of a drug.

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yencabulator2y ago

Systemd's catalogue of kitchen sinks is getting to be truly impressive. Here's an NVMe-over-TCP server, for some reason: https://github.com/systemd/systemd/blob/main/src/storagetm/s...

acdha2y ago

https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/1761066b135f1a322c...

yencabulator2y ago

That's really not a great argument for why it belongs in systemd.

Kitchen sinks are generally useful, but 17 kitchen sinks in a helicopter is not a good idea.

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znpy2y ago

Have you ever setup an iscsi shared device in linux? It’s quite complex and a bit messy.

If systemd can make something similar (i still get a block device from another host in the network) in a simpler manner that would be just awesome, truly a huge win for everybody.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse