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		Jasper_ on Feb 10, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Broken by design: systemd hald has been dead forever. PolicyKit is not being moved into systemd, nor is it getting systemd integration? How do you want to replace ConsoleKit/logind? What should handle session management?

teacup50 on Feb 10, 2014 [–]

Something other than your init system. Not even Apple's launchd has the kinds of idiotic layering violations that systemd is full of.

Jasper_ on Feb 10, 2014 | [–]

Well, you'll be happy to learn that logind is a separate process entirely.

teacup50 on Feb 10, 2014 | | [–]

Layering violations don't only happen within the process level.

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