systemd / active (exited)

[Colin Watson]

On Sat, Aug 31, 2019 at 12:15:41PM +0200, Ralf Mardorf via ubuntu-users wrote:
> Yes, the documentation is fishy, but there at least is a partly usable
> documentation available and we could workaround issues, by a little bit
> of trial and error.

I have to say, even as an initial systemd sceptic, I've found its manual
pages generally excellent: they're thorough, have many useful
cross-references, and provide clear explanations of the various concepts
they introduce.  systemd is a large enough project that it can take some
searching to find things, but I really wouldn't say that its developers
have skimped on documentation, either in terms of quality or quantity.

(Admittedly I'm well-versed on Unix userspace internals and have done
quite a bit of work around the edges of init systems, so I'm sure that
gives me a leg up.  But to the extent it's possible for me to place
myself outside that experience, I haven't generally found for example
that I need to consult systemd's source code to understand or supplement
its documentation, unlike many other projects.)

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Colin Watson                                       [cjwatson at ubuntu.com]