Bug#945269: debian-policy: packages should use tmpfiles.d(5) to create directories below /var
Ansgar <ansgar@43-1.org> writes:
> I think no option says we shouldn't use services that don't rely on
> systemd as pid-1 (which also includes widely used things like udev).
I agree, but if, say, Sam's option 3 wins, we can directly incorporate
this, whereas if, say, Ian's option wins, then we should have a
conversation with the sysvinit maintainers to see if they believe they can
adopt systemd-tmpfiles directly, and we should give them at least six
months (obviously shortened if it happens sooner) to update the packaging
and set up a mechanism to run systemd-tmpfiles (or a replacement of their
choice) at boot.
If you want to start those conversations now, then we could get the
proposal to a place where it would be fine for all possible GR options,
but I suspect the people that you'd need to talk to are focused on the GR
at the moment.
Meanwhile, it's going to take at least a week to hash out wording (just
based on past experience), and there's no reason not to start that now,
and by that point we may be pretty near a vote anyway.
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Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org) <https://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
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