[mjw1007]

I'm saying that I don't think reasoning by considering questions like

« How likely is it that the prolific systemd team and tech decision makers in Linux distributions don’t have a design instinct and came up with this ball of mud full of accidental and unneeded complexity? »

is likely to be fruitful.

If people want to discuss whether systemd is well designed, it would be better to look at the design directly.

[throw-8462682]

Agreed that this line of questioning is not likely to be fruitful. The alternative of discussing the design would have my preference normally, but i am not sure that it works any better for this hyper polarized topic.