[rlpb]

I find it frustrating that systemd's socket activation API is via library calls and not a protocol. This makes it necessary for separate support in programs to support systemd rather than having a generic mechanism that all init systems might use.

[hdfahjk]

`libsystemd` just provides an implementation of the socket-activation protocol. It is documented and can be implemented easily without libsystemd: after all it's in the end just reading which file descriptors to use as listening sockets from an environment variable.

[digi_owl]

Anyone taking bests on said frustration being intentional?