Bug#876453: [debhelper-devel] Bug#876453: Remove support for upstart jobs from dh_installinit

2017-09-24 Thread Niels Thykier
Dimitri John Ledkov: > On 22 September 2017 at 19:24, Michael Biebl wrote: >> [...] >> >> Niels mentioned on IRC, that in compat 11, debhelper could make it an >> error to have an upstart file and use the opportunity to remind people >> to remove the conffile. >> >> I like that

Bug#876453: [debhelper-devel] Bug#876453: Remove support for upstart jobs from dh_installinit

2017-09-23 Thread Axel Beckert
Hi, Michael Biebl wrote: > Am 24.09.2017 um 00:36 schrieb Dimitri John Ledkov: > > I'm not sure about the timing though. Many people maintain backports > > for their packages, and do backport them "unmodified" sometimes by > > means of backporting debhelper first to keep things building > >

Bug#876453: Remove support for upstart jobs from dh_installinit

2017-09-23 Thread Michael Biebl
Am 24.09.2017 um 00:36 schrieb Dimitri John Ledkov: > On 22 September 2017 at 19:24, Michael Biebl wrote: >> Am 22.09.2017 um 14:59 schrieb Michael Biebl: >>> I see that we already cleaned up dh_installinit wrt to .service and >>> .tmpfile units in compat level 11 and beyond so

Bug#876453: Remove support for upstart jobs from dh_installinit

2017-09-23 Thread Dimitri John Ledkov
On 22 September 2017 at 19:24, Michael Biebl wrote: > Am 22.09.2017 um 14:59 schrieb Michael Biebl: >> I see that we already cleaned up dh_installinit wrt to .service and >> .tmpfile units in compat level 11 and beyond so it seems like a good >> opportunity to do the same for

Bug#876453: Remove support for upstart jobs from dh_installinit

2017-09-22 Thread Michael Biebl
Am 22.09.2017 um 14:59 schrieb Michael Biebl: > I see that we already cleaned up dh_installinit wrt to .service and > .tmpfile units in compat level 11 and beyond so it seems like a good > opportunity to do the same for .upstart jobs as an intermediate step > until we can remove upstart support

Bug#876453: Remove support for upstart jobs from dh_installinit

2017-09-22 Thread Michael Biebl
Am 22.09.2017 um 14:18 schrieb Michael Biebl: > Package: debhelper > Version: 10.9 > Severity: normal > > dh_installinit supports the installation of upstart job files. > I think we should stop doing that, given that upstart is no longer a > supported init system in Debian. > > I'm a bit

Bug#876453: Remove support for upstart jobs from dh_installinit

2017-09-22 Thread Michael Biebl
Package: debhelper Version: 10.9 Severity: normal dh_installinit supports the installation of upstart job files. I think we should stop doing that, given that upstart is no longer a supported init system in Debian. I'm a bit uncertain whether we should just rip out the code or keep it and make