  Re: Proposal: switch init system to systemd or upstart  > My
understanding is that the _kernel_ side wants to change the
cgroup > API, and this means that at least in the long term
current cgroup-using > applications will need to change in any
case (possibly by using systemd > APIs instead). I'm not
familiar with the specific case of lxc, but I > really doubt
systemd would make it unusable. Generally anything must >
already work with systemd to be usable on several major distros,
so it > should be a reasonably safe assumption that things will
work.  Generally the Linux kernel bends over backwards to avoid
this breakage and I know there is already some compatibility
layer so please refrain from commenting if you are this unsure
or it is another controversial and undecided topic such as
Google requiring it.   universal interface'  (Doug McIlroy)  In
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