The self-important creator of Systemd has personally blocked that PR, if I’m hearing correctly, which would suggest he or his employer Microsoft is all in on it.
It’s an optional field in the userdb JSON object. It’s not a policy engine, not an API for apps. We just define the field, so that it’s standardized iff people want to store the date there, but it’s entirely optional.
“I’m not picking a side” and “this future proofs standardization” is of little comfort. This is seriously suspect and now I have to look for alternatives to SystemD(odgetheissue).
corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
The self-important creator of Systemd has personally blocked that PR, if I’m hearing correctly, which would suggest he or his employer Microsoft is all in on it.
tabular@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
“I’m not picking a side” and “this future proofs standardization” is of little comfort. This is seriously suspect and now I have to look for alternatives to SystemD(odgetheissue).
njordomir@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
So in other words, “Sure we built the people-crushing machines, but we didn’t wire them up or turn them on.”
0x0@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
IBM, is that you?
portnull@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Maybe agelesslinux.org or systemd free distro without-systemd.org/…/Linux_distributions_without…
tabular@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I was shocked it listed LMDE but it’s a very old version (Linux Mint Debian Edition 2).
SabinStargem@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
SystemDOGE. It is just a matter of time before Big Balls exfiltrates our Linux data.
4am@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
He left MS in January
portnull@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Ugh of course. Thanks for pointing that out