On Mon, Sep 25, 2006 at 11:47:46AM +0200, Erwin Van de Velde wrote: > On Monday 25 September 2006 11:26, Vasil Dimov wrote: > > IMHO in this case the administrator should be changed, > > not the way ports operate. Building idiot-proof system is impossible and > > leads to the: > > > > Shaw's Principle: > > Build a system that even a fool can use, and only a fool will > > want to use it. > > This is not about being idiot-proof but being handy to use. It also reduces > service downtime by immediately restarting the service after update instead > of waiting for the administrator to restart it.
I think that implementing this feature the right way would be too complex and would bring too little benefit. By "right way" I mean that a given service should be started upon installation only if it was actually stopped during the upgrade process. Ofcourse if someone thinks that it is worth implementing I would be happy to be asked "service xyz was stopped during upgrade, do you want to start it now?" [y] One could always minimize downtime by doing portupgrade xyz && /usr/local/etc/rc.d/xyz start -- Vasil Dimov [EMAIL PROTECTED] % If you're happy, you're successful.
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