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authorLuke Shumaker <LukeShu@sbcglobal.net>2013-10-13 14:11:12 -0400
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I saw that the new version of rdiscount supported php-markdown-extra style footnotes and got excited. However, when I enabled it, I was disappointed to learn that it didn't support multi-line footnotes. Lame! So, I implemented that as a pre/post processor.
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@@ -17,40 +17,42 @@ which just makes more sense. It also means that a target can be
started or stopped on the fly, such as mounting or unmounting a drive,
which has in the past only been done at boot up and shut down.
-The **downside** is that it is (allegedly) big, bloated[[1](#foot1)], and does
-(arguably) more than it should. Why is there a dedicated systemd-fsck?
-Why does systemd encapsulate the functionality of syslog? That, and it
-means somebody is standing on my lawn.
+The **downside** is that it is (allegedly) big, bloated[^1], and does
+(arguably) more than it should. Why is there a dedicated
+systemd-fsck? Why does systemd encapsulate the functionality of
+syslog? That, and it means somebody is standing on my lawn.
The **changes** an Arch user needs to worry about is that everything
is being moved out of `/etc/rc.conf`. Arch users will still have the
choice between systemd and SysV-init, but rc.conf is becoming the
SysV-init configuration file, rather than the general system
configuration file. If you will still be using SysV-init, basically
-the only thing in rc.conf will be `DAEMONS`.[[2](#foot2)] For now
+the only thing in rc.conf will be `DAEMONS`.[^2] For now
there is compatibility for the variables that used to be there, but
that is going away.
-[<span id="foot1">1</span>]
-
-*I* don't think it's bloated, but that is the criticism. Basically, I
-discount any argument that uses "bloated" without backing it up. I
-was trying to say that it takes a lot of heat for being bloated, and
-that there is be some truth to that (the systemd-fsck and syslog
-comments), but that these claims are largely unsubstantiated, and more
-along the lines of "I would have done it differently". Maybe your
-ideas are better, but you haven't written the code.
-
-I personally don't have an opinion either way about SysV-init vs
-systemd. I recently migrated my boxes to systemd, but that was because
-the SysV init scripts for NFSv4 in Arch are problematic. I suppose
-this is another **advantage** I missed: *people generally consider
-systemd "units" to be more robust and easier to write than SysV
-"scripts".*
-
-I'm actually not a fan of either. If I had more time on my hands, I'd
-be running a `make`-based init system based on a research project IBM
-did a while ago. So I consider myself fairly objective.
-
-[<span id="foot2">2</span>] You can still have `USEDMRAID`, `USELVM`, `interface`, `address`,
-`netmask`, and `gateway`. But those are minor.
+[^1]:
+ *I* don't think it's bloated, but that is the criticism.
+ Basically, I discount any argument that uses "bloated" without
+ backing it up. I was trying to say that it takes a lot of heat
+ for being bloated, and that there is be some truth to that (the
+ systemd-fsck and syslog comments), but that these claims are
+ largely unsubstantiated, and more along the lines of "I would have
+ done it differently". Maybe your ideas are better, but you
+ haven't written the code.
+
+ I personally don't have an opinion either way about SysV-init vs
+ systemd. I recently migrated my boxes to systemd, but that was
+ because the SysV init scripts for NFSv4 in Arch are problematic. I
+ suppose this is another **advantage** I missed: *people generally
+ consider systemd "units" to be more robust and easier to write
+ than SysV "scripts".*
+
+ I'm actually not a fan of either. If I had more time on my hands,
+ I'd be running a `make`-based init system based on a research
+ project IBM did a while ago. So I consider myself fairly
+ objective.
+
+[^2]:
+ You can still have `USEDMRAID`, `USELVM`, `interface`, `address`,
+ `netmask`, and `gateway`. But those are minor.