Start of systemd timers after install/update of a package

Matthew Miller mattdm at fedoraproject.org
Thu Jan 24 19:35:49 UTC 2013


On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 06:38:35PM +0000, "Jóhann B. Guðmundsson" wrote:
> >>Maybe it's just me but is there not something more broken/alarming
> >>with that or is just me and this is just acceptable from packaging
> >>standpoint?
> >Generally, the packages function without cron, so including a hard
> >dependency might be overkill. An alternative would be to split the cron
> >tasks into subpackages, but that too may seem like work in search of a real
> >problem.
> Sorry not following where do we draw the limit in that case?

Right about *there*, apparently.

If you think it should be different, a suggestion for the packaging rules is
probably in order. But I don't think "packagers make a judgement call based
on the requirements of their own package" is a terrible starting point.



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