Bug#780403: debian-policy: Define what should happen when installing a package and the init script fails to start it

2015-04-30 Thread Bill Allombert
On Wed, Apr 15, 2015 at 02:51:11PM -0400, Sam Hartman wrote: > > "Russ" == Russ Allbery writes: > > Russ> Ivan Baldo writes: > >> What should happen if installing a package and then when it tries > >> to start its service it fails? > > >> Currently the most common behaviour

Bug#780403: debian-policy: Define what should happen when installing a package and the init script fails to start it

2015-04-15 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Russ" == Russ Allbery writes: Russ> Ivan Baldo writes: >> What should happen if installing a package and then when it tries >> to start its service it fails? >> Currently the most common behaviour seems to be that the >> installation fails. >> But is that the bes

Bug#780403: debian-policy: Define what should happen when installing a package and the init script fails to start it

2015-03-13 Thread Russ Allbery
Ivan Baldo writes: > What should happen if installing a package and then when it tries to > start its service it fails? > Currently the most common behaviour seems to be that the installation > fails. > But is that the best outcome? Currently, Policy leaves this to the discretion of the

Bug#780403: debian-policy: Define what should happen when installing a package and the init script fails to start it

2015-03-13 Thread Ivan Baldo
Package: debian-policy Severity: wishlist What should happen if installing a package and then when it tries to start its service it fails? Currently the most common behaviour seems to be that the installation fails. But is that the best outcome? What if the sysadmin has a reverse proxy lis