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Re: [gpsd-dev] Baud barf problem on Pi3 SOLVED
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Gary E. Miller |
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Re: [gpsd-dev] Baud barf problem on Pi3 SOLVED |
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Tue, 3 May 2016 12:27:43 -0700 |
Yo Bernd!
On Tue, 3 May 2016 21:01:56 +0200
Bernd Zeimetz <address@hidden> wrote:
> On 05/03/2016 08:31 PM, Gary E. Miller wrote:
> > Yo Bernd!
> >
> > On Tue, 3 May 2016 20:01:12 +0200
> > Bernd Zeimetz <address@hidden> wrote:
> >
> >> So far you did not even say which problem you have with systemd.
> >
> > I will admit one major problem with systemd is lack of user
> > education, so partly the users fault, and partly the fault of bad
> > documentation.
>
> Oh, I think there is no project better documented than systemd.
> https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/
> Even gpsd lacks documentation compared to systemd.
I'll check it out, when I'm finally forced to.
> > The main gpsd related symptom I see of this is that when people try
> > to experiment with systemd they find it difficult, maybe
> > impossible, to get systemd to stop trying to manage the gpsd
> > daemon, and the gpsd port.
> >
> > Coupled with no clear feedback to clue the user into why his
> > attempts are being siliently thwarted.
> >
> > Noting the problems other have with it, I have avoided systemd. It
> > is clearly not ready for prime time.
>
> I think the main problem is that people fail to read the documentation
> and do not want to learn new things. If you want to work with systemd
> and want to debug issues, you have to understand it first. And systemd
> is something you will not understand by reading some random
> shellscripts.
Thus systemd is unsuitable for those that are not toally hannd-off or
gurus.
> > They fail to know, much less understand, the corners of the complex
> > problems they are trying to solve, then come up with inflexible
> > solutions, user hostile solutions, that work for the mainstream user
> > that never tweaks his distro. Being inflexible they violate core
> > UNIX priciples and make customization impossible.
>
> Oh well, I think YOU also never read the documentation.
I readily admit I have not read the systemd doc. The screams of others
are all I need to wait. Those that live on the bleeding edge are showing
more blood stains than usual.
> So far I did not find a single I was not able to handle with systemd.
> Actually it is much more flexible than sysvinit or other init systems.
I'm an openRC fan myself. If systemd had stuck to being a launchd clone
it would have been interesting.
> The major pain at the moment is that too many programs are still stuck
> with sysv init scripts.
Thus the newbie mistake of failing to ensure back compatibility. Programmers
that say 'my way or the highway' are not my friends.
> You might want to read
> http://0pointer.de/blog/projects/the-biggest-myths.html - it sounds a
> bit like a blog post to play bullshit bingo with, but Lennart is
> actually right.
Just read it. Wow, that was depressing...
"The lady doth protest too much, methinks"
I have personal experience that several things he says are true.
> > I can see why for support reasons Ubuntu wants to inflict
> > inflexibility on its users, but any hacker will feel trappped.
> >
> > Newbies gotta start somewhere, but not in the init system.
>
> Lennart is definitely not a newbie. He might have strong opions about
> how things need to be done, but he is creating and/or contributing to
> open-source-projects for years.
OK, so maybe more Dunning-Kruger?
> https://codesearch.debian.net/results/poettering/page_0
Bad link?
RGDS
GARY
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- Re: [gpsd-dev] Baud barf problem on Pi3 SOLVED, Bernd Zeimetz, 2016/05/01
- Re: [gpsd-dev] Baud barf problem on Pi3 SOLVED, Gary E. Miller, 2016/05/02
- Re: [gpsd-dev] Baud barf problem on Pi3 SOLVED, Eric S. Raymond, 2016/05/03
- Re: [gpsd-dev] Baud barf problem on Pi3 SOLVED, Bernd Zeimetz, 2016/05/03
- Re: [gpsd-dev] Baud barf problem on Pi3 SOLVED, Gary E. Miller, 2016/05/03
- Re: [gpsd-dev] Baud barf problem on Pi3 SOLVED, Bernd Zeimetz, 2016/05/03
- Re: [gpsd-dev] Baud barf problem on Pi3 SOLVED,
Gary E. Miller <=
- Re: [gpsd-dev] Baud barf problem on Pi3 SOLVED, Bernd Zeimetz, 2016/05/03
- Re: [gpsd-dev] Baud barf problem on Pi3 SOLVED, Gary E. Miller, 2016/05/03
- Re: [gpsd-dev] Baud barf problem on Pi3 SOLVED, Bernd Zeimetz, 2016/05/05
- Re: [gpsd-dev] Baud barf problem on Pi3 SOLVED, Gary E. Miller, 2016/05/05
- Re: [gpsd-dev] Baud barf problem on Pi3 SOLVED, Bernd Zeimetz, 2016/05/06
- [gpsd-dev] Stable release plan, Eric S. Raymond, 2016/05/06
- Re: [gpsd-dev] Stable release plan, Hal Murray, 2016/05/06
- Re: [gpsd-dev] [gpsd-users] Stable release plan, Gary E. Miller, 2016/05/06
- Re: [gpsd-dev] [gpsd-users] Stable release plan, Frank Nicholas, 2016/05/06
- Re: [gpsd-dev] [gpsd-users] Stable release plan, Gary E. Miller, 2016/05/06