@dalias the context is pretty much someone shooting down openrc and proclaiming systemd "the only good one", that since openrc uses shell scripts for it's system service definitions, unit files are better because .ini is not turing complete

i don't feel like it's applicable to service definitions (in this context at least), the person said that unit files being non turing complete stops people adding "all sorts of crazy logic", but they don't really, people still put wrapper shell scripts in ExecStart, or concoct pseudo script with 20 ExecStartPre lines

what actually helps reduce the crazy (and usually faulty) logic is the init system providing interfaces for things that most services will need -- and that is something we're working on a lot in openrc