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by anon6_ 3867 days ago
For some reason, I can't edit my last paragraph. It submits but doesn't change.

From my view in using BSD, it's like Linux's universe doesn't even care for its' developers time and sacrifice. Distributions lax on standards, throw out the baby with the bath water whenever a new system comes on the block and leaves upstream and vendors to clean up the mess.

Keep in mind - no one can read every developer mailing list for every project, let alone participate when these things turn into politics. You may see things that are critical of the architecture of a new technology, and then opposing criticism that the legacy systems are outdated and hard for new engineers to understand. Both may be valid, but they conceal something deeper, an outsider comes out of nowhere calling the shots and want to rip up a lot of stuff that works.

All I know is that developers who invest their time maintaining these systems get a raw deal. Maybe the new system, be it mir, systemd, etc. really improves the experience and will work out "long term". But developers are already jaded and heard this too many times.