<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Feb 6, 2019 at 11:01 PM Scott Kitterman <<a href="mailto:debian@kitterman.com">debian@kitterman.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">It's not the FTP Team's job to fix policy compliance issues in packages. If you have a problem with that being a policy must, then you should take it up with the policy team.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Yeah, I’ll post to #911165</div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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I completely understand the frustration, but in my own packages I take the time to do it because Debian policy says it's required, not because I particularly care about sysvinit.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I don’t think fulfilling the policy for fulfilling the policy’s sake is a good use of anyone’s time.</div><div><br></div><div>Can we close this bug until someone comes along who actually cares? :)</div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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Scott K<br>
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On February 6, 2019 9:23:46 PM UTC, Michael Stapelberg <<a href="mailto:stapelberg@debian.org" target="_blank">stapelberg@debian.org</a>> wrote:<br>
>Can you provide a patch if you care about sysvinit please? The Go<br>
>packaging<br>
>team is pretty manpower-constrained and non-systemd is a niche case, so<br>
>any<br>
>help is appreciated. Thanks!<br>
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>On Wed, Feb 6, 2019 at 7:49 PM Scott Kitterman <<a href="mailto:debian@kitterman.com" target="_blank">debian@kitterman.com</a>><br>
>wrote:<br>
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>> Package: prometheus-postfix-exporter<br>
>> Version: 0.1.2-1<br>
>> Severity: serious<br>
>> Justification: Policy 9.11<br>
>><br>
>> Excerpt from policy 9.11:<br>
>><br>
>> However, any package integrating with other init systems<br>
>> must also be backwards-compatible with sysvinit by providing a SysV-<br>
>> style init script with the same name as and equivalent functionality<br>
>> to any init-specific job, as this is the only start-up configuration<br>
>> method guaranteed to be supported by all init implementations.<br>
>><br>
>> The package violates a policy must by not providing s sysvint init<br>
>script.<br>
>><br>
>> Scott K<br>
>><br>
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</blockquote></div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature">Best regards,<br>Michael</div></div></div>