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Nobody is forking systemd, especially over something like this. People have no idea how much work it is to maintain software like this.
That is why we use other init systems.
with this PR merged, I am already reading guides on how to replace systemd, that shit is defective by design and this PR just proves that systemd is another corpo bullshit
You're right and there's actually no need to fork systemd since sysvinit distros still exist.