Support for legacy init script actions for systemd services

Till Maas opensource at till.name
Tue Jun 26 20:45:20 UTC 2012


On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 04:11:19PM -0400, Bill Nottingham wrote:

> BEST PRACTICES
> 
> 1) A legacy action of this sort should print to stderr the preferred way to
> accomplish the task, if one is supported.
> 
> 2) Don't package a legacy action for new scripts or actions that were not
> supported by the prior init script; this is intended for compatibility with
> existing scripts and/or administrator brains.

It would be nice to have a good plan about how to implement the
preferred new way to accomplish such tasks to avoid that every package
does this differently.

Regards
Till
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