Package: mtail Version: 3.0.0~rc2-1 Severity: wishlist daemon duplicates the functionality of "daemon". One shouldn't need to install yet another "daemon" program if systemd is already installed (and one is willing to use it of course).
Like prometheus-node-exporter, the dependency should be "daemon | systemd-sysv" so that systemd-enabled systems do not need to install the dependency. There is the problem of what to do with the /etc/default/mtail file. There are two options here: 1. take the same route as prometheus-node-exporter and reuse the file as an EnvironmentFile. that will be messy because there are a lot of variables and it may make it difficult to port the file. furthermore, it will encounter similar issues there, like #886891 2. just specify a sane set of default settings that can be overriden using normal systemd mechanisms, for example: https://askubuntu.com/a/659268 I believe it should be possible to replace the `daemon` dependency for mtail without problems. The templating features of systemd can also make it possible to easily start multiple instances of mtail, by the way... -- System Information: Debian Release: 9.3 APT prefers stable APT policy: (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental'), (1, 'unstable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 4.9.0-5-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=fr_CA.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_CA.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=fr_CA.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) Versions of packages mtail depends on: ii adduser 3.115 pn daemon <none> ii libc6 2.24-11+deb9u1 mtail recommends no packages. mtail suggests no packages. _______________________________________________ Pkg-go-maintainers mailing list Pkg-go-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pkg-go-maintainers