Package: sysvinit-utils Version: 2.88dsf-59.8 X-Debbugs-Cc: init-system-help...@packages.debian.org, debianut...@packages.debian.org
sysvinit appears to be unmaintained, but it builds an Essential package (sysvinit-utils) that must be installed on all Debian systems. This seems like a bad situation. Contents of sysvinit-utils, ignoring documentation: /lib/init/init-d-script /lib/init/vars.sh /sbin/fstab-decode /bin/pidof == /sbin/killall5 (same program) I think each of these interfaces should either: * be declared non-Essential: - mass bug filing for uses without a dependency (unless those uses are only when sysvinit-core or initscripts is installed, in which case those packages pull in sysvinit-utils anyway) - eventually sysvinit-utils loses its Essential flag * be declared Essential: - get moved to an existing Essential package, perhaps debianutils (I suspect Debian is effectively the upstream for this particular fork of sysvinit anyway) or init-system-helpers I would personally lean towards non-Essential in all cases, but pidof in particular seems unfortunately rather popular. _______________________________________________ Pkg-systemd-maintainers mailing list Pkg-systemd-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pkg-systemd-maintainers