Bug#1034833: sysv init script missing in tomcat10 package

[Mark Hindley]

Control: affects -1 tomcat10

Emmanuel,

Thanks for this.

On Wed, Apr 26, 2023 at 08:54:14AM +0200, Emmanuel Bourg wrote:
> Thank you for offering your help. The sysvinit script for Tomcat
> is now maintained in the orphan-sysvinit-scripts source package.

Whilst this is the current situation for tomcat9 (although not without some
outstanding issues[1]), I would like to encourage you to reconsider this for
tomcat10.

Maintaining initscripts in their parent package remains the best
option. Notwithstanding Matthew's considerable efforts, putting them in
orphan-sysvinit-scripts has a number of difficulties that are outlined in the
orphan-sysvinit-scripts source README[2].

Including the supplied script with Andreas' offer of ongoing testing and support
within tomcat10 would

 - provide the smoothest experience users of all init systems
 - be of no detriment to users of the default init system
 - place no additional burden on you as maintainer

Thanks again for your further consideration.

Mark


[1]  https://bugs.debian.org/925473

[2]  https://salsa.debian.org/matthew/orphan-sysvinit-scripts/-/blob/master/README.org