[pkg-go] Bug#921351: Bug#921351: prometheus-postfix-exporter: Init script missing

[Michael Stapelberg]

On Wed, Feb 6, 2019 at 11:01 PM Scott Kitterman <debian at kitterman.com>
wrote:

> 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.
>

Yeah, I’ll post to #911165


>
> 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.
>

I don’t think fulfilling the policy for fulfilling the policy’s sake is a
good use of anyone’s time.

Can we close this bug until someone comes along who actually cares? :)


>
> Scott K
>
> On February 6, 2019 9:23:46 PM UTC, Michael Stapelberg <
> stapelberg at debian.org> wrote:
> >Can you provide a patch if you care about sysvinit please? The Go
> >packaging
> >team is pretty manpower-constrained and non-systemd is a niche case, so
> >any
> >help is appreciated. Thanks!
> >
> >On Wed, Feb 6, 2019 at 7:49 PM Scott Kitterman <debian at kitterman.com>
> >wrote:
> >
> >> Package: prometheus-postfix-exporter
> >> Version: 0.1.2-1
> >> Severity: serious
> >> Justification: Policy 9.11
> >>
> >> Excerpt from policy 9.11:
> >>
> >> However, any package integrating with other init systems
> >> must also be backwards-compatible with sysvinit by providing a SysV-
> >> style init script with the same name as and equivalent functionality
> >> to any init-specific job, as this is the only start-up configuration
> >> method guaranteed to be supported by all init implementations.
> >>
> >> The package violates a policy must by not providing s sysvint init
> >script.
> >>
> >> Scott K
> >>
> >> _______________________________________________
> >> Pkg-go-maintainers mailing list
> >> Pkg-go-maintainers at alioth-lists.debian.net
> >>
> >
> https://alioth-lists.debian.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pkg-go-maintainers
>


-- 
Best regards,
Michael
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://alioth-lists.debian.net/pipermail/pkg-go-maintainers/attachments/20190207/11cec084/attachment.html>