From: Lennart Poettering Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2013 00:00:51 +0000 (+0100) Subject: bus: explain obsoletion of dbus1 .service files X-Git-Tag: v209~622 X-Git-Url: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?p=elogind.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=9129246ba5ae990025347b3d5ab7d5178d968ee1 bus: explain obsoletion of dbus1 .service files --- diff --git a/src/libsystemd-bus/PORTING-DBUS1 b/src/libsystemd-bus/PORTING-DBUS1 index 0f0ab6e90..930013723 100644 --- a/src/libsystemd-bus/PORTING-DBUS1 +++ b/src/libsystemd-bus/PORTING-DBUS1 @@ -527,6 +527,21 @@ following the XDG basedir spec. Of course the $DBUS_SYSTEM_BUS_ADDRESS and $DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS variables should still take precedence. +DBUS SERVICE FILES + +Activatable services for kdbus may not use classic dbus1 service +activation files. Instead, programs should drop in native systemd +.service and .busname unit files, so that they are treated uniformly +with other types of units and activation of the system. + +Note that this results in a major difference to classic dbus1: +activatable bus names can be established at any time in the boot. This +is unlike dbus1 where activatable names are unconditionally available +as long as dbus-daemon is running. Being able to control when +activatable names are established is essential to allow usage of kdbus +during early boot and in initrds, without the risk of triggering +services too early. + DISCLAIMER This all is just the status quo. We are putting this together, because