On Sun, 12 Aug 2018, Markus Koschany wrote: > May I suggest that we turn this objection into more positive energy.
Sure (given enough time; but as I need the Java stuff for $dayjob I can justify doing some of the work “on the clock”). I’m somewhat of an expert in shell scripting, and I use a lot of systemd-less systems. > packages still use sysv-init on their systems. We could keep all > sysv-init related scripts and stuff but only if someone steps up who > wants to test them in a real-life environment. Otherwise it is just more I probably cannot test *all* of them, or at least not without good instructions on what to test and how, but I can try and help. > usually easier for smaller server/daemon packages but Tomcat is rather > complex and we had reports about security vulnerabilities in our > sysv-init scripts before, that could have been avoided if we had used > systemd before. Indeed. I had to write a sysvinit script for Wildfly once, and the current Tomcat script pales in comparison to that. Perhaps I can look at how Tomcat is started and redo the init script. [ restart ] > canonical way to override systemd settings is to write a user specific > service file and install it into /etc/systemd/system which will then > override Debian's settings. The restart option is a good default. Those > who are not happy with it, can always override it. Hm. Not convinced, but… bye, //mirabilos -- tarent solutions GmbH Rochusstraße 2-4, D-53123 Bonn • http://www.tarent.de/ Tel: +49 228 54881-393 • Fax: +49 228 54881-235 HRB 5168 (AG Bonn) • USt-ID (VAT): DE122264941 Geschäftsführer: Dr. Stefan Barth, Kai Ebenrett, Boris Esser, Alexander Steeg ************************************************* **Besuchen Sie uns auf der dmexco 2018!** 12**. **& 13. September 2018, Koelnmesse / **Halle 7,** **Stand A-031** Digital Business, Marketing und Innovation [www.tarent.de/dmexco](http://www.tarent.de/dmexco) ************************************************* **Visit us at dmexco 2018!** 12th & 13th September, 2018, Koelnmesse / **Hall 7,** **Booth A-031** Digital business, marketing and innovation [www.tarent.de/dmexco](http://www.tarent.de/dmexco) *************************************************