Fork time? Maybe all the anti-systemd zealots were right all along…
Edit: To address whether it is likely that this change will affect users: Gnome is planning a stronger dependence on userdb, the part of systemd where this change is being implemented. https://blogs.gnome.org/adrianvovk/2025/06/10/gnome-systemd-dependencies/
Final Edit: The PR has been merged into main.
Exactly. This is a massive overreach, and it is crazy that Poettering is even considering merging this.
He thinks that systemd is desktop linux.
You’ve, uh, seen systemd, right? Cmon; this is just one more section for the cancer to eat.
I would say the majority of objections to systemd pertain to perceived overreaches of the project (perceptions I generally share). So in sense, it is kind of on brand.
Not familiar with him then?