Re: [CTTE #727708] Default init system for Debian

On 02/13/2014 11:21 PM, Francesco Chemolli wrote:
>
> On 14 Feb 2014, at 06:31, Alex Rousskov <rousskov_at_measurement-factory.com> wrote:
>
>> On 02/13/2014 03:47 PM, Amos Jeffries wrote:
>>> Use of "-N" with no parameter produce an error.
>>
>> I do not think we have to break existing scripts (some of which may
>> still be working OK!). We can issue a deprecation warning but treat bare
>> -N as "-N foreground" or equivalent.
>>
>>> Perhapse making both -N and -X take parameters now?
>>> -N for the process daemonization, and -X for the debug ones TBD.
>>
>> We need to preserve the "no forking" or "monolith" behavior (i.e, the
>> current broken -N behavior). Please do not remove it while fixing -N. It
>> cannot be TBD. Setting debug_options via -X can be postponed, of course.
>>
>> Whether we use -N for all three modes or -N for the first two modes and
>> -X for the "no forking" debugging mode is not that important to me
>> personally, so I am not going to complicate things by supporting one or
>> the other :-).
>
> I know I'm the one who cares less about backwards compatibility among us, but..
> what if we just deprecated -N and replaced it with something different, such as
> -m as in 'mode'
> -m daemon (default)
> -m foreground
> -m debug
>
> ?

No objections from me. My personal preference is not to add new
command-line options unless really necessary, but I can also see the
reasoning behind walking away from -N that some associate with "No".

Cheers,

Alex.
Received on Fri Feb 14 2014 - 06:33:06 MST