[plug] Systemd in VMs

[Brad Campbell]

On 20/11/24 07:52, Byron Hammond wrote:
> I too am one of the `halt -p` guys, and that is an evolution from shutdown and its various changes many years ago.
> I suppose this thread has got me thinking about the desire to not disturb long standing traditions and behaviour, retain compatibility, but still progress and evolve at the same time.
> What can you do?
> 

I think the answer is "don't change behaviour". There is absolutely no good reason to change the behaviour of /sbin/poweroff when adding yet another way of doing the same thing.

Of course when they add systemctl, deliberately breaking existing interfaces is a good way to push people into using the new one.

Brad