On Wed, 26 May 2010 09:08:09 -0400 (EDT) Seth Vidal <skvidal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > On Wed, 26 May 2010, Chuck Anderson wrote: > > > > > -21 million. > > > > Scripts are a crutch to avoid properly designed daemons and > > configuration systems. I never edit initscripts to "configure" > > daemons, because they would just be overwritten at the next package > > upgrade. Configuration should be separate from code. > > And given my experience dealing with actual real-world designed > daemons and other such things, I'd say we've shown no ability to > 'properly' design them and won't be showing that anytime soon. So > since we have to live in the world, let's not go shooting our feet > off. > > -sv > If people are really keen on "C init scripts", then a compromise could be to make it optional to use a bash script when the admin wants to do something. It would be a change and require re-training to understand how to do that, but it will be at least possible. Simo. -- Simo Sorce * Red Hat, Inc * New York -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
