Jonathan BeverleyMar 21
Ret

More systemd shit, sorry... But the more I look at this project the worse it gets.

The reaction to a very balanced, polite, "yeah don't like this PR because [thought-through reasons]" comment?

PEH! Who let the plebs in? Lock the thread quickly before any dissent starts!

Seems like it is infested with cunts, honestly...

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Show threadRetMar 20
oh right yeah that'll do it
Show threadbyte::Arc<Eepy>  :rabiesPride:  Mar 20
@ret systemd is just a microslop backdoor at this point. not like “do malicious and harmful software things” backdoor, but as a “soft power corpo influence” backdoor, a way to have their leverage in foss and make sure it goes wrong one way or another
Show threadF4GRX SébastienMar 20
@byte @ret no doubt it is.
Show threadFreya Mar 20
@ret Wait what is this PR?
Show threadRetMar 20
@Venefilyn https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/40954
userdb: add birthDate field to JSON user records by dylanmtaylor · Pull Request #40954 · systemd/systemd

Stores the user's birth date for age verification, as required by recent laws in California (AB-1043), Colorado (SB26-051), Brazil (Lei 15.211/2025), etc. The xdg-desktop-portal project is addi...

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Show threadPrincesseMar 20
@ret @Venefilyn oh wow the comment in question is even marked as "This comment has been minimized." on my no-account side and i'd have to login to see it???
Show threadCIMB4Mar 20
@ret starting to see why a "proudly antifascist" distro doesn't want to offer systemd 
Show threadOfficeplantMar 20
@ret yesss yesssss feel the anti systemD power rising
Show threadkorin 🔜 kodiMar 20

@ret the maintainers did the same thing shortly after an issue was opened against the use genAI as it was discovered AGENTS.md was present

https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/41085

Disallow usage of generative AI to write code · Issue #41085 · systemd/systemd

Component No response Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe Generative AI is actively killing people, driving up costs, and plagiarizing work from many open source developer...

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Show threadF4GRX SébastienMar 20
@ret I fucking dont want to use systemd anymore.
Show threadF4GRX SébastienMar 20
@ret looks like devuan is exactly what I need.
Show threadKFears& 🏳️‍⚧️Mar 20
@ret We were talking about systemd being a governance nightmare for years, but it felt so pointless when there's so much bad faith arguments about it :( Hope we'll get some reasonable discourse about it soon-ish.