Re: systemd .service file conversion
Hi,
On 27/05/13 at 09:13 +0200, Ondřej Surý wrote:
> On Sun, May 26, 2013 at 10:29 PM, Helmut Grohne <helmut@subdivi.de> wrote:
>
> > I find it depressing to see four init/rc systems, of which three are
> > mutually incompatible in every single possible aspect.
> >
>
> Just my two cents.
>
> I would be quite happy to write service files for two (systemd, upstart) or
> three (systemd, upstart, openrc) of those in all my packages[*], if it
> stops the endless flamewar here. I would also be happy to have the
> requirement to support two (or three) of them in the Debian policy.
>
> I know that we would still need to pick-up default, but that might be a
> slightly easier task than to decide the only supported init system.
>
> * - That's just *6* out of my 70+ package, but I doubt that anybody has too
> much packages with init script to handle (and if that's the case he should
> have co-maintainers).
The point has been made (in [1]) that the problem of supporting several
init implementations is not really with packages providing services, but
with packages strongly tied with the init system.
[1] https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2013/05/msg01275.html
However, I would very much welcome a more detailed justification of that
point.
Lucas
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