On Tue, Jul 07, 2009 at 01:06:18PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote:
> Steve Langasek wrote:
> > There is currently work in progress to implement a compatibility layer
> > between upstart and sysv-rc, called 'upstart-job', permitting sysv-rc
> > systems to call upstart jobs as if they were standard sysv-rc init scripts. 
> > As part of this, I have implemented a dh_installupstart script, heavily
> > based on dh_installinit, to do as the name suggests - install an upstart job
> > file and provide the sysv-rc compatibility hooks.

> Did you think about including the functionality into dh_installinit?

Wouldn't the behavior changes here imply a compatibility break, and
therefore require waiting for debhelper 8?  Beyond that I didn't really
think about it; I can rewrite this as a patch to dh_installinit if you
prefer, though they seem like logically discrete operations to me.

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