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1️⃣ So let's try something new. As we are closing in on tagging systemd v256-rc1, let's see if I manage to post a brief mastodon item about major new features of the upcoming release, every few days until the final release of v256. I figure not everyone reads NEWS files, even if curious. Hence let's start today with the 1st post: the new .v/ directories. You know those .d/ directories that are quite popular in low-level Linux packages these days? While .d/ dirs never have been formalized properly…

Wanja

@pid_eins Okay, I'll bite: What the heck is a NEWS file, and where would one read it?