Inside the Systemd Age Verification Debate: Developer Responds to Criticism

submitted by cm0002 to linux 28 points | 7 comments https://itsfoss.com/dylan-taylor-systemd-controversy/ > 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.