commit 4399516159100d08f5395c93f23f1d888d4c8728
parent f9e6db73725348dfab29071ac5a052493271905e
Author: Christoph Lohmann <20h@r-36.net>
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2015 15:19:31 +0200
Fixing many typos and changing the English of the rants.
Thanks for all the help in #suckless!
Diffstat:
1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
diff --git a/suckless.org/sucks/systemd.md b/suckless.org/sucks/systemd.md
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ distribution.
What PID 1 Should Do
------------------------
-On bootup does the kernel execute some given binary in its known namespace. To
+When your system boots up the kernel is executing a given binary in its known
+namespace. To
see what are the only tasks the application running as pid 1 has to do, see
[sinit](http://git.suckless.org/sinit/). Just wait for child process to reap
and run some other init scripts.
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ Part 1
------
(If you are adding more parts, link to the right revision and not just the
plain file.)
+
[NEWS revision 3f80af378331748e1373d4c189a8e20cddb735c9](http://cgit.freedesktop.org/systemd/systemd/tree/NEWS?id=2d1ca11270e66777c90a449096203afebc37ec9c)
* [logind should wait](http://cgit.freedesktop.org/systemd/systemd/tree/NEWS?id=2d1ca11270e66777c90a449096203afebc37ec9c#n2089)
@@ -41,12 +43,12 @@ plain file.)
artifical time we found out might work for the developers
laptops. More on this small world hypothesis of the systemd
devleopers below.
-* [scree brightness](http://cgit.freedesktop.org/systemd/systemd/tree/NEWS?id=2d1ca11270e66777c90a449096203afebc37ec9c#n1852)
+* [screen brightness](http://cgit.freedesktop.org/systemd/systemd/tree/NEWS?id=2d1ca11270e66777c90a449096203afebc37ec9c#n1852)
* Screen brightness is something that should crash your boot up when
it is not working.
* [hostnamed](http://cgit.freedesktop.org/systemd/systemd/tree/NEWS?id=2d1ca11270e66777c90a449096203afebc37ec9c#n1763)
* There really should be a process running which exposes the content
- of a file. Complex is without cost.
+ of a file. Complexity is without cost.
* [seqnum removed](http://cgit.freedesktop.org/systemd/systemd/tree/NEWS?id=2d1ca11270e66777c90a449096203afebc37ec9c#n1742)
* The sequential ordering of requests was one reason why udevd was
introduced. Now remove it, because the developer laptops do not have
@@ -56,7 +58,7 @@ plain file.)
example of the mass of group name dependencies systemd is adding.
See sinit for how to not need such dependencies.
* [sysv removed](http://cgit.freedesktop.org/systemd/systemd/tree/NEWS?id=2d1ca11270e66777c90a449096203afebc37ec9c#n1651)
- * We have won. Now remove all remains of the our defeated enemy as
+ * We have won. Now remove all remains of our defeated enemy as
fast as we can. As said in the beginning of the systemd crusade
against the UNIX infidels: »You can patch it out.« It is no more
there.
@@ -75,14 +77,14 @@ plain file.)
* »Everything will end up having a remote API.« I wonder when systemd
will understand MIME and e-mail.
* [init does man](http://cgit.freedesktop.org/systemd/systemd/tree/NEWS?id=2d1ca11270e66777c90a449096203afebc37ec9c#n1465)
- * My init process is to big, it needs its own file hierarchy and an
+ * My init process is too big, it needs its own file hierarchy and an
abstraction layer to find paths.
* [factory reset](http://cgit.freedesktop.org/systemd/systemd/tree/NEWS?id=2d1ca11270e66777c90a449096203afebc37ec9c#n1401)
* Welcome to the Windows OEM world: Factory reset for Linux! Of course
it is in your init process.
* [system runs runs](http://cgit.freedesktop.org/systemd/systemd/tree/NEWS?id=2d1ca11270e66777c90a449096203afebc37ec9c#n1397)
* Exactly. The predisposition of being able to call such a complex
- command does not imply the running system. Let's check it.
+ command does not imply the running system. Let's check it again.
* [clean up directories](http://cgit.freedesktop.org/systemd/systemd/tree/NEWS?id=2d1ca11270e66777c90a449096203afebc37ec9c#n1306)
* There is another monster, in system which does tmp file handling.
There are just some cases before it was introduced to have to clean up
@@ -103,13 +105,12 @@ plain file.)
* [systemd-terminal](http://cgit.freedesktop.org/systemd/systemd/tree/NEWS?id=2d1ca11270e66777c90a449096203afebc37ec9c#n1224)
* Why does the kernel have tty handling? So in serious situations you
will be able to debug it over the last standing PIN on your
- motherboard. Let us remove this. Run it in pid 1.
+ motherboard. Let us remove this, run it in pid 1.
* [networkd is your oppressor](http://cgit.freedesktop.org/systemd/systemd/tree/NEWS?id=2d1ca11270e66777c90a449096203afebc37ec9c#n1216)
* Premature optimisation of IP configurations always leads to misery.
* [We do not understand broadcast](http://cgit.freedesktop.org/systemd/systemd/tree/NEWS?id=2d1ca11270e66777c90a449096203afebc37ec9c#n1211)
- * As systemd is growing in its complexity and all stuff it is touching
- of course somewhen the addition of hacks with new implications is
- increasing.
+ * With the growth of systemd in complexity and the new depending
+ software the implications of the added hacks are increasing.
* [Timezone hack](http://cgit.freedesktop.org/systemd/systemd/tree/NEWS?id=2d1ca11270e66777c90a449096203afebc37ec9c#n1193)
* Systemd is too complex for such a simple transaction with the
kernel. Do not inform the kernel and add another assumption which is
@@ -172,20 +173,21 @@ plain file.)
* Of course graphics were missing in pid 1.
* [complexity is purity](http://cgit.freedesktop.org/systemd/systemd/tree/NEWS?id=2d1ca11270e66777c90a449096203afebc37ec9c#n738)
* You will of course need PPPoE when you do parallel bootup. Every
- 1000 lines of code add one critical bug you never find.
+ 1000 lines of code add one critical bug you never fix.
* [gateway hostname](http://cgit.freedesktop.org/systemd/systemd/tree/NEWS?id=2d1ca11270e66777c90a449096203afebc37ec9c#n700)
* We rule the world so we are above IETF and IANA. Now add our own
hostnames that of course won't add another assumption.
* [no editor in systemd](http://cgit.freedesktop.org/systemd/systemd/tree/NEWS?id=2d1ca11270e66777c90a449096203afebc37ec9c#n689)
* This one is a setback. Why is there no default editor in systemd in
case of factory reset?
-* [7x ctrl + alt + del](http://cgit.freedesktop.org/systemd/systemd/tree/NEWS?id=2d1ca11270e66777c90a449096203afebc37ec9c#n610)
- * In systemd you press seven times Ctrl+Alt+Del to trigger reboot.
+* [8x ctrl + alt + del](http://cgit.freedesktop.org/systemd/systemd/tree/NEWS?id=2d1ca11270e66777c90a449096203afebc37ec9c#n610)
+ * In systemd you press eight times Ctrl+Alt+Del to trigger reboot.
* [privacy policy](http://cgit.freedesktop.org/systemd/systemd/tree/NEWS?id=2d1ca11270e66777c90a449096203afebc37ec9c#n594)
* For the next generations: In 2015 privacy was a big issue because of
- the mentioned hard-wiring between the web and software. Now as seen
- does every commit which adds some preparation in systemd add an
- interpretation on what will be seen as a major feature. If you
+ the mentioned hard-wiring between the web and software.
+ As you can see, every commit which adds some preparation for a
+ feature adds another intepretation of what will be a major
+ assumption in a next release. If you
handle privacy you will have some features depending on that user
decision and of course the factory reset default value.
* Why didn't they use XML for /etc/os-release?
@@ -211,8 +213,13 @@ plain file.)
* The web thing has been discussed before.
* [kdbus](http://cgit.freedesktop.org/systemd/systemd/tree/NEWS?id=2d1ca11270e66777c90a449096203afebc37ec9c#n57)
* As of 2015-07-31 kdbus is not in the mainline Linux kernel. Systemd
- made kdbus non-optional in its release. This is the best example how
- systemd is forcing you into decisions. Of course if your a mindless
+ made kdbus non-optional in its release. The kernel maintainers are
+ still debating the kdbus ABI or possible alternatives, but if
+ systemd depends on the current state of kdbus the kernel maintainers
+ are faced with the hard decision to either break Fedora userspace or
+ accept the current kdbus proposal into the kernel with its securitx
+ and maintainability issues. This is the best example how
+ systemd is forcing you into decisions. Of course if you are a mindless
bureaucrat it helps you to keep your job.
* [readahead removed](http://cgit.freedesktop.org/systemd/systemd/tree/NEWS?id=2d1ca11270e66777c90a449096203afebc37ec9c#n950)
* The first thing swallowed in on Fedora was readahead. Now that (of
