[traverseda]

>And what if you want multiple timers, with different configurations between them (maybe one long running one with WakeSystem= and a shorter one without?).

Well, that's where you can write a regular timer or just add a dependency to your timer-service.

But also you're sort of getting to the territory of inventing your own scripting language on top of systemd at that point, if your needs are that complex just write a script.

[rektide]

This feels quite dismissive to me. I dont see the appeal of any of these three options, given how well systemd.timers solve all of this today & how nicely they compose.

The whole point is to not need to keep running into a bunch of artisinal handcrafted did-it-myself shell scripts every time come to a system. Being able to compose timers that trigger units enables this nicely with a lot of flexibility. Managing them separately is powerful & makes sense.