Bug#1089172: popularity-contest: migrate cron job to systemd timer on Linux ports
On Sun, Jun 15, 2025 at 12:04:15AM +0200, Oliver M. Schode wrote:
> Package: popularity-contest
> Followup-For: Bug #1089172
>
> There is systemd-cron, which by the way provides cron-daemon anyway,
> although that could have been made more explicit for those unaware.
> Thing is, it's also a crutch, and was only ever meant as an interim
> solution while the remaining vestiges of cron crumble(d) away. The
> question is not (and was not) what systemd timers provide that cron and
> friends don't: they provide all of that and much, much more, that's one
> reason they replaced it. It is obsolete on systemd-platforms, that is
> probably 95% of Linux desktops/servers. And there is no excuse to make
> the vast majority of users install *two* equivalent mechanism, or even a
> crutch as mentioned, when they already have systemd, and whether they
> like it or not. Virtually nothing else requires to install cron-cruft
> anymore.
Well, then please address my request:
" Provide a patch that does not break backward compatibility with the fact that
/etc/cron.daily/popularity-contest is a conffile. "
Cheers,
--
Bill. <ballombe@debian.org>
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