On Wednesday 28 February 2007 05:17, Matthias Saou wrote: > This is definitely a step in the right direction, but if it's meant to > become the "init script packaging guidelines", then it's missing all of > the most important parts : The init script's content. > > A few things from the top of my mind : > - What output is okay and what output isn't (to look good and play nice > with the graphical boot). > - Which commands should be mandatory and which optional (start, stop, > restart, condrestart and status are the most expected ones, reload > doesn't always make sense). > - Which syntax should be followed in the initial comments for > compatibility with chkconfig and other tools. > > I will try to spare some time to write some proposals for these if it > is something we want to try and cover too. Yes, the init script section can grow and cross link to things in scriptletsnippits as necessary. I find it difficult to get a big chunks of guidelines approved all at once, so I'd rather take the approach of one subject at a time. This time it's the %config or not. -- Jesse Keating Release Engineer: Fedora
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