Bill Allombert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Jun 05, 2006 at 03:36:30PM +0300, Lars Wirzenius wrote: >> Package: debian-policy >> Version: 3.7.2.0 >> >> The policy manual says (9.3.2 Writing the scripts): >> >> The init.d scripts should ensure that they will behave sensibly >> if invoked with start when the service is already running, or >> with stop when it isn't, and that they don't kill >> unfortunately-named user processes. >> >> Would it be acceptable to change this to say "must ensure"? > > I would second that. There a whole lot of s/should/must/ I would second > in that section. To start with, this one: > > The `start', `stop', `restart', and `force-reload' options should be > ^^^^^^ > supported by all scripts in `/etc/init.d', the `reload' option is > optional.
Does anybody have an idea how the description of restart could be worded better to make #224937 a violation of a must-clause? It's annoying when maintainers insist on a clearly not-intended interpretation of policy. Regards, Frank -- Frank Küster Single Molecule Spectroscopy, Protein Folding @ Inst. f. Biochemie, Univ. Zürich Debian Developer (teTeX)
