[pjmlp]

launchd is one among many.

systemd adoption across Linux distributions and the features everyone complains about, predates his hiring process by several years.

[blueflow]

Which other "init system" is mucking with the bootloader and partition table like systemd does? How is that even in-scrope for an init system?

[pjmlp]

Solaris SMF for example,

https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E36784_01/html/E36801/svcrun-123....

https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E23824_01/html/821-2731/ggnke.htm...