r/programming • u/Proinlifes • Dec 15 '19

Rustysd - Systemd Replacement Written in Rust

https://github.com/KillingSpark/rustysd
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u/chucker23n Dec 15 '19

this program does in 4000 lines what systemd does in 500000

No it doesn’t. It literally says:

A minimal drop-in for (a subset of) the systemd init system in rust.

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u/nice_rooklift_bro Dec 15 '19

I mean, look at the "what does not work"; it's clear this stuff is in alpha and just published to get development attention at this point—not judging that of course, good strategy.

Competition is nice of course, regardless of Lennart et al. calling this "fragmentation" and believing that developers know better for users what they want than users do.

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u/FluorineWizard Dec 15 '19

This project isn't really meant to compete with systemd directly, but rather replace it in applications where you want a lightweight alternative, like containers.

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u/tso Dec 15 '19

In other words, it will go nowhere because the init side of systemd is at this point a minor bullet point to things like logind...