Comment 10 for bug 1435709

Would it probably make sense to backport the systemd-related improvements [1] from 5.7 to 5.6. Although they're not perfect yet, they're a huge improvement compared to the current hacks required to make mysqld behave more or less sane in systemd environments.

[1] http://mysqlserverteam.com/mysql-5-7-native-systemd-support/