Monday, July 31, 2017

Re: net/glib2-networking: Remove systemd service

Klemens Nanni wrote:
> It's just your argument I don't get/agree with: Instead of starting to
> clean things up you're not doing anything at all because there's more
> to clean anyway?
>
> Of course getting rid of every misplaced/unsupported/whatever bit seems
> utopian but not doing it where easily possible seems illogical to me.

One reason is that such cleanups tend to get lost in updates. So now every
update to a port comes with a systemd removal diff a week later. That seems
like a lot of noise and extra effort.

The problem isn't simply that it's one time work, in which case I'd agree that
there's no harm to starting small. But you're also creating ongoing work to
maintain this cleanup. A cleanup should reduce maintenance, not increase it.

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