▲ 62 ▼ Someone Forked systemd Over Its New Birth Date Field (linuxiac.com) submitted 4 months ago by cm0002@lemy.lol to c/linux@programming.dev 21 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 11 points 4 months ago (3 children) FFS, just make a patch. permalink fedilink source hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] loutr@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 months ago (1 child) Yeah, I'm not sure how this is implemented but wouldn't it be trivial to write a patch or even an external script to periodically update the field to some random value? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 7 points 4 months ago I was thinking just patch it out entirely, then you have no need to maintain a fork, just a script. Yours sounds fun too, but it's not like it's actually connected to anything at this stage, worth keeping in mind if it ever does become something. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 4 points 4 months ago* I prefer the idea of a script that changes the birth date randomly, on a random schedule. Or to always be the bare minimum "adult" age every day. Or always be 99 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] loutr@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 months ago (1 child) Yeah, I'm not sure how this is implemented but wouldn't it be trivial to write a patch or even an external script to periodically update the field to some random value? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 7 points 4 months ago I was thinking just patch it out entirely, then you have no need to maintain a fork, just a script. Yours sounds fun too, but it's not like it's actually connected to anything at this stage, worth keeping in mind if it ever does become something. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 7 points 4 months ago I was thinking just patch it out entirely, then you have no need to maintain a fork, just a script. Yours sounds fun too, but it's not like it's actually connected to anything at this stage, worth keeping in mind if it ever does become something. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 4 points 4 months ago* I prefer the idea of a script that changes the birth date randomly, on a random schedule. Or to always be the bare minimum "adult" age every day. Or always be 99 permalink fedilink source parent