Bug#1051582: Policy 9.3 (Starting system services) is largely obsolete

From	Sam Hartman <hartmans@debian.org>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.bugs.dist, linux.debian.policy
Subject	Bug#1051582: Policy 9.3 (Starting system services) is largely obsolete
Date	2023-09-11 04:10 +0200
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>>>>> "Russ" == Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> writes:

    Russ> I therefore would like to propose a first: I think Policy
    Russ> should simply say that any package that provides a system
    Russ> service should use debhelper and rely on dh_installsystemd to
    Russ> put the appropriate commands in its maintainer scripts.  (We
    Russ> can then discuss whether we should do the same for init
    Russ> scripts and dh_installinit, although its stanzas are simpler.)

For a variety of reasons, I support this.


--Sam

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Bug#1051582: Policy 9.3 (Starting system services) is largely obsolete Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> - 2023-09-10 04:20 +0200
  Bug#1051582: Policy 9.3 (Starting system services) is largely obsolete Edward Little <e.little598@gmail.com> - 2023-09-11 03:20 +0200
  Bug#1051582: Policy 9.3 (Starting system services) is largely obsolete Sam Hartman <hartmans@debian.org> - 2023-09-11 04:10 +0200
  Bug#1051582: Policy 9.3 (Starting system services) is largely obsolete Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> - 2023-09-11 13:00 +0200
    Bug#1051582: Policy 9.3 (Starting system services) is largely obsolete Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> - 2023-09-11 13:10 +0200
    Bug#1051582: Policy 9.3 (Starting system services) is largely obsolete Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> - 2023-09-11 16:40 +0200
    Bug#1051582: Policy 9.3 (Starting system services) is largely obsolete Sam Hartman <hartmans@debian.org> - 2023-09-11 17:30 +0200
      Bug#1051582: Policy 9.3 (Starting system services) is largely obsolete Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> - 2023-09-11 22:20 +0200
        Bug#1051582: Policy 9.3 (Starting system services) is largely obsolete Sam Hartman <hartmans@debian.org> - 2023-09-11 22:40 +0200
        Bug#1051582: Policy 9.3 (Starting system services) is largely obsolete Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> - 2023-09-11 22:40 +0200
  Bug#1051582: Policy 9.3 (Starting system services) is largely obsolete Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> - 2023-09-18 00:00 +0200
    Bug#1051582: Policy 9.3 (Starting system services) is largely obsolete Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> - 2023-09-20 19:00 +0200
  Bug#1051582: Policy 9.3 (Starting system services) is largely obsolete Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> - 2023-09-20 09:40 +0200
  Bug#1051582: Policy 9.3 (Starting system services) is largely obsolete Sam Hartman <hartmans@debian.org> - 2024-02-22 19:20 +0100

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