[p8952]

It's probably a bad idea to start (another) discussion on this topic, but...

While the original (Debian Fork) made some ridiculous claims, this is not a fair comparison to make. As a neutral party I don't think I've seen anyone make the argument that SysVinit is any good, just that some other options may be better, and they should at least be an option.

When you compare systemd with something like OpenRC the obvious choice is less clear: http://pastebin.com/DfAL75Kd

[23david]

OpenRC is interesting. Also compare with a runit example of managing sendmail from the runit-for-lfs project:

    #!/bin/sh
    sv check slapd postgresql mysql >/dev/null || exit 0
    exec /usr/sbin/sendmail -bs -bd -q5m start

https://github.com/inthecloud247/runit-for-lfs/blob/master/b...

[dmix]

Agreed, there is only one argument provided by this page and it's based on a false pretense, a straw man. Making this page very ineffective.