Bug#825394: systemd kill background processes after user logs out

[Stefanos Harhalakis]

Hi there,

As you know, one of the two reasons screen is used is to allow for
things to stay running if you get disconnected. In this spirit, I
personally run long-term things like backups and dist-upgrades under
screen (under X) in order to prevent interrupting them if (e.g.) X
crash. On the server side, I use screen in order to keep things
running even if I get disconnected.

My belief is that I am not the only and and I that a behavior change
like this should not enter testing lighthearted (I understand this is
only in unstable so far) even if it is the default behavior systemd
chooses to have.

Other than that, I'd be curious to see why this choice has been made
by systemd. I'm sure that there are good reasons, but I can't seem to
be able to find a reference to them. If you are aware of a link could
you please share it?

Thanks,
Stefanos