Bug#948115: Revise init script Policy based on GR result
Lorenzo Puliti <lorenzo.ru.g@gmail.com> writes:
> I wonder if it make sense to encourage or even recommend to use the
> interpreter in /lib/init/init-d-script for writing init scripts.
> Or maybe just citing that there is an interpreter and say that
> it's the preferred way to create init scripts, I don't know..
> Anyway the interpreter would make init scripts more declarative, consistent
> and easier to maintain in the long run.
If folks working on future support for init scripts thinks that's a good
idea, it sounds good to me. But we should move that proposal to a
separate bug, since it's a bit far afield of this specific change.
Please file a separate bug against debian-policy if you think this is a
good idea so that we can track it. Thanks!
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Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org) <https://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
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