Hi, we am currently thinking of a way to create init scripts from some kind of “meta-init-script-format” that can handle the most common cases of daemons.
The motivation is that currently, init.d scripts are in 90% of the cases very similar, but still they are shipped individually, bugs and new features have to be done package per package, and starting to support a new init system means re-writing a large amount of init scripts. So our idea[1] is to provide infrastructure to generate any kind of init script from a simple, general description of the daemon. Then, fixing bugs, adding features or supporting a new init system just means to write a new “translator”. Of course I’m wondering what format that meta-init-script should have, and I’m considering upstart’s, as it seems to be very minimal already. It would not support the full range of features upstart provides, just what the “usual” daemon needs. Has anyone ever thought or tried to generate Sys-V init scripts from upstart init scripts? Do you think such a think will be possible, or useful? Greetings, Joachim [1] http://wiki.debian.org/HackFests/Init -- Joachim "nomeata" Breitner Debian Developer [EMAIL PROTECTED] | ICQ# 74513189 | GPG-Keyid: 4743206C JID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://people.debian.org/~nomeata _______________________________________________ initscripts-ng-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/initscripts-ng-devel
