Bug#925473: Bug#925454: RM: tomcat8 -- ROM; Replaced by tomcat9

[Emmanuel Bourg]

Le 25/03/2019 à 16:09, Thorsten Glaser a écrit :

> But somehow, I think the “let’s add a sensible init script to
> tomcat9 now” is the better solution for everyone. Emmanuel, can
> you please reconsider your rejection? Then we can ask SRM if
> they’d allow it.

We've got two serious security issues in the Tomcat init script in the
past. I'm not a big fan of systemd but this convinced me that a 40 lines
declarative service file was much more maintainable than a 300 lines
init script, and I'm unlikely to maintain one anymore.

systemd brought other important benefits for the tomcat9 package and I
don't want to go back on these features.


> To recall the justification I posted to the list that were,
> IIRC, never replied:

I made the suggestion to package the init script in a separate package
under your control, but you didn't follow up.

Emmanuel Bourg