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

[Thorsten Glaser]

On Mon, 25 Mar 2019, Emmanuel Bourg wrote:

> We've got two serious security issues in the Tomcat init script in the

You told me this. I replied by:

• I’m active and willing to maintain it
• if I don’t realise there’s a bug you can ping me
• if even that fails, you can *still* remove it

You never replied to these.

> 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.

Perhaps, but thankfully Policy prescribes the existence of one.
I’ll provide one and team-upload. You need not personally maintain it,
just don’t break it. That’s what a team is for.

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

You don’t need to. The sysvinit script is not optional, but
systemd users need not use it.

We already realised (in that thread on d-java) that they will
most likely behave slightly differently, but that’s okay. (It
can be documented.)

> > 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.

I’ve replied saying that such tiny packages aren’t liked by
ftpmasters and mirror admins.

Anyway, Policy solved the issue for us, the initscript will
be in the main tomcat9 package where it belongs. (Do note that
the option of removing it (from above) is no longer pertinent,
as one is required if a startup script for another init system
is present. However, I’ll do my best, and even if that fails,
I know at least one other DD at my employer’s who’s capable
enough to maintain complex shell scripts and fixing RC bugs.)

bye,
//mirabilos
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