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Inside the Systemd Age Verification Debate: Developer Responds to Criticism (itsfoss.com)

submitted 3 days ago by cm0002@europe.pub to c/linux@programming.dev

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Dylan M. Taylor is not a household name in the Linux world. At least, he wasn’t until recently.

The software engineer and longtime open source contributor has quietly built a respectable track record over the years: writing Python code for the Arch Linux installer, maintaining packages for NixOS, and contributing CI/CD pipelines to various FOSS projects.

But a recent change he made to systemd has pushed him into the spotlight, along with a wave of intense debate.

At the center of the controversy is a seemingly simple addition Dylan made: an optional birthDate field in systemd’s user database.

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[–] breadsmasher@lemmy.world 19 points 3 days ago (1 children)

HEY MY GUY you want a CIVIL discussion about CIVIL DISCUSSION?

[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 14 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Ugh, I’m forking this thread. If you guys can’t agree with me I’ll make my own.

[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Oh wow, this guy ^ is the best at civil discussion!

[–] Linearity@piefed.zip 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Why’d you reply to yourself 😭😭

[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 days ago

It's my thread I can do what I want

[–] Hupf@feddit.org 2 points 2 days ago

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