openrc-services package

[Hendrik Boom]

On Thu, Jun 06, 2024 at 06:32:20PM +0100, Mark Hindley wrote:
> Matthias,
> 
> Thanks for this.
> 
> On Thu, Jun 06, 2024 at 02:44:32PM +0200, Matthias Geiger wrote:
> > I am considering creating a openrc-services package.
> 
> I have to admit to not being very excited by this prospect. With full
> appreciation of Matthew's work on orphan-sysvinit-scripts and without any
> implied criticism at all, I still believe the very best place for startup
> scripts is within the relevant packages.
> 
> > For starters this
> > package would only contain an amended greetd file that works for my setup.
> 
> So if greetd needs a startup script, the first step should be to write one and
> ask the maintainer to include it. Has that been tried?

Agree.  The package is a good place for a sysvinit script.

But such a repository is still relevant when a systemd-worshiping
maintainer drops the sysvinit startup script.

Or for users that want to expunge sysvinit from their systems and use
openrc instead.

And it can be useful as a distro-independent resource.  An online
collection of openrc or runit startup scripts can be a useful
reference for the distro maintianers. 

-- hendrik