On Sun, Jun 25, 2023 at 03:15:24PM +0100, Mark Hindley wrote: > Debian Policy no longer requires that packages which provide a systemd > .service > file also provide an initscript. This permits maintainers who so wish to > remove > initscripts from their packages. However, initscripts remain used and > useful[1], > and uncoordinated removal can have significant effects on users' systems[2]. > > With the encouragement of the Technical Committee[3] and despite some > unavoidable deficiencies resulting consequent on keeping initscripts without > their intended package[4], orphan-sysvinit-scripts has collected and > maintained > some dropped initscripts. However, the process surrounding this has not been > defined in Policy. Indeed, #975075[5] contains a number of suggestions that > have > not yet been followed through.
I'm not sure Debian Policy is the best place to document this, because Debian
Policy
documents what packages *must* comply with, while legacy initscripts are a thing
of the past which still are permitted (and liked & prefered by some), so *maybe*
src:dev-ref would be a better place for documenting those best practices?
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cheers,
Holger
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