Re: Request for Comments: Standardize enabling/disabling of system services
On Wed, Apr 01, 2009 at 05:38:29PM +0200, Josselin Mouette wrote:
> Le mercredi 01 avril 2009 à 17:03 +0200, Patrick Schoenfeld a écrit :
> > * We add a new configuration file (possibly /etc/rc.conf because thats
> > a file that exists in different distributions and has a similar meaning)
> > which can have the following configuration settings:
> >
> > * RUN_NEW_SERVICES_AFTER_INSTALL=<yes|no|1|0|true|false>
> > * RUN_<SERVICE>=<yes|no|1|0|true|false>
> >
> > This configuration file must not be modified by maintainer scripts.
> > The rationale for the RUN_<SERVICE> entries is that an admin can have
> > RUN_NEW_SERVICES_ON_INSTALL=false, but decide for a certain service
> > that it shall start after he installed it before.
>
> I think it is a bad idea to specify system-wide whether certain services
> can be enabled or not.
Well, its only about *new* services after installation. The intention
behind that is that some people don't like to run un- or half-configured
daemons immediately after installing them. The idea is to support
whatever the admins wants to choice, which seems good to me.
> Some services absolutely need to be running when they are installed, to
> satisfy dependencies (think D-Bus or HAL). Some services cannot run
> before they are configured (think a firewall).
Yeah, right. But those are special cases that should be handled
accordingly and don't need to stop us from aiming at a homogenization of
services control.
> I like the homogenization part of your proposal, but the default policy
> should be set by packages themselves, not by the local administrator.
Well, thats an opinion I can't agree less with. Yes, I accept that there
are special cases, but the default really should be that the admin has
the last word.
Best Regards,
Patrick
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