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.

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[–] 14 points 5 months ago (1 child)

Fishy how? As in a state-level backdooring like was the case with XZ and Jia Tan or are you weary of something else?

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  • [–] 16 points 5 months ago

    That memory surely also prompted this feeling. It's just that Meta seems to be putting a lot of effort everywhere to push for this. Not so difficult to put, or corrupt, or push, people in dev communities and repos.

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