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Sudo maintainer, handling utility for more than 30 years, is looking for support
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I didn't mean they were directly responsible for him losing the sponsorship, just that it has made it harder to find new ones.
If my memory serves this isn't the first time systemd has moved into a space and the existing infrastructure has withered away. Vaguely thinking udev or logind, but its not so much a critique as a worry. I've played with OpenRc, RunIt, and Upstart over the years, and I want them to remain viable alternatives