[Guidelines Change] Changes to the Packaging Guidelines

[Till Maas]

On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 04:57:29PM -0400, Tom Callaway wrote:

> Packages which have SysV initscripts that contain 'non-standard service
> commands' (commands besides start, stop, reload, restart, or
> try-restart) must convert those commands into standalone helper scripts.
> Systemd does not support non-standard unit commands.
> 
> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Systemd#Unit_Files

The guideline for SysV initscripts[0] also specifies the commands
force-reload, status and usage. Why are these dropped?

Also how should new helper scripts be named after the conversion? A best
practice naming schema would make it a lot easier for a user to find the
matching helper script for removed commands.

Regards
Till

[0] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:SysVInitScript#Required_Actions