Re: migration from cron.daily to systemd timers
>>>>> "Daniel" == Daniel Leidert <dleidert@debian.org> writes:
Daniel> Why not simply introduce a non-Cron-related variable in
Daniel> /etc/default/spamassassin like ENABLE_UPDATES and add it to the new
Daniel> configuration file. You can even remove the CRON variable from the shipped
Daniel> configuration file. This variable should take precendence over CRON if both are
Daniel> enabled. This would have the advantage of not polluting the meaning of CRON. It
Daniel> lets the user decide at install time, how to proceed (and if to keep the
Daniel> previous behavior), it would ship a new default like you seem to wish, and it
Daniel> would realize the suggestion by Philip. There is IMHO no need to create another
Daniel> file.
Your proposal has the negative effect of giving users who have simply
enabled the cron script an ugly conffile update message.
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