Hello All,

On Sat, 11 May 2019 11:26:12 +0200
Martin Steigerwald <mar...@lichtvoll.de> wrote:

> Hi.
> 
> Now that the proof of concept is out, I am thinking about extending it a 
> little bit.
> 
> - make is a package
> - make "install-or-update.sh" into "/usr/bin/userservices" with the 
> following actions:
>   - install: Sets up userservices for the user
>   - update: Updates it
>   - remove: Removes i
> - make "userservice" alias into "/usr/bin/userservice"
>   - that way the user would not have to setup an alias anymore.
> 
> So with these changes using user services would be like:
> 
> As root:
> 
> apt install user-services
> 
> As user:
> 
> userservices install
> 
> userservice enable redshift
> 
> [x] done :)
> 
> 
> If user-services packaged gets updated, the user can decide to update 
> her installation with:
> 
> userservices update
> 
> Ideally it would take into account when the user changed some services.
> 
> 
> What do you think about that?
> 
> It would be some work, but I for me this sounds like a good idea.
> 
> 
> In anyway: This is still in proof of concept stage, so I may change 
> everything :). If you are using this, you are brave alpha tester :)
> 

In the past Debian Wheezy had a tool for that, called 'chkconfig', it was a lot 
used in the Datacenter..
# Adding a Service 'atsd':
        chkconfig --add atsd;
# Enable the service in several Runlevels:
        chkconfig --level 12345 atss on;
# Start the Service:
        /etc/init.d/atsd start;
# Stop the Service:
        /etc/init.d/atsd stop;
# Disable the service in requested runlevels:
        chkconfig --level 12345 atsd off;
# Remove the Service:
        chkconfig --del atsd;

And other funcionalities, like listing the services and so on..
It was a very helpfull tool.

In the absence of it( I don't know why it was removed .. ), your tool seems to 
come to replace it, BUT for users only? :)

I think it would be nice to call it like 'uservice', instead of 
'u[ser]service[s]', which is a lot bigger name, or a alias called 'uservice', 
since 'service' is also another tool, to deal with.. services.

This are my thoughts, but I like the idea.. :)

Best Regards,
tux

-- 
s@po <tux...@sapo.pt>
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