Bug#64437: PROPOSED] Must/Should/May in policy

[cwitty@newtonlabs.com (Carl R. Witty)]

Josip Rodin <joy@cibalia.gkvk.hr> writes:

> On Fri, May 26, 2000 at 12:10:28PM -0500, Steve Greenland wrote:
> > > Packages that include daemons for system services should place scripts in
> > > <tt>/etc/init.d</tt> to start or stop services at boot time or during a
> > > change of runlevel.
> > 
> > What about daemons that are run only from inetd? Are we going to 
> > expect them to provide a standalone mode as well? 
> 
> That shouldn't be more than `Severity: wishlist'... I'm not sure how to
> reword the above sentence now. Do you have a suggestion?

How about:

Packages that include standalone daemons (that is, programs that
should typically start running when the computer boots and continue
running until the computer shuts down) should place scripts in
<tt>/etc/init.d</tt> to start or stop the daemons at boot time or
during a change of runlevel.

Carl Witty