It’s kinda weird that one of the new “features” is the ability to run as a daemon is being removed
Why? The reasoning is sound, daemonising is much better handled by specialised tooling instead of implemented in every program.
“All programs should run in the foreground” is one of the few times DJB was right
Major versions can have breaking changes. It was worth explaining this one as part of the announcement
It’s kinda weird that one of the new “features” is the ability to run as a daemon is being removed
Why? The reasoning is sound, daemonising is much better handled by specialised tooling instead of implemented in every program.
“All programs should run in the foreground” is one of the few times DJB was right
Major versions can have breaking changes. It was worth explaining this one as part of the announcement