[Pkg-systemd-maintainers] Bug#732981: Bug#732981: ExecStart et al should be capable of honouring PATH

[Ian Jackson]

Michael Stapelberg writes ("Re: [Pkg-systemd-maintainers] Bug#732981: ExecStart et al should be capable of honouring PATH"):
> Hi Ian,
> > Would you accept a patch to fix this problem in Debian's systemd (of
> > course, I think it would be better if such a thing went upstream
> > whether right away or eventually).
>
> No. Just like in our previous conversation in #732157 (the SIGSTOP
> feature request), I am personally not at all interested in carrying any
> significant features in Debian’s systemd package. Those should all go
> upstream. My rule of thumb for this is: will people have to think “Ugh,
> should this run on Debian? Then I need to do $x differently.” when
> writing service files?

Please reconsider, or alternatively try to get Debian policy changed.
As matters stands it seems to me that policy would appear to imply the
behaviour I'm requesting here.  Without it, the commands in systemd
unit files cannot comply with policy.

Tollef writes:
> You could make the case for lots of other bits:

That the goal (of honouring the system administrator's things in
/usr/local) is incompletely achieved (either due to lack of effort, or
due to difficulty coming up with good solutions) is not an excuse for
failing to implement it when it's easy.

Ian.