On Thu, Dec 18, 2014 at 06:33:50PM +0000, "Jóhann B. Guðmundsson" wrote: > > On 12/18/2014 05:48 PM, Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek wrote: > >I think you should make it opt-in, with a command-line switch > >(--show-package ?). > >In some cases it can be very useful, but most of the time it would > >be just a slow down. If the switch is used, and packagekit does not > >work, then this should cause a warning or an error though. > > a) The name of the service is supposed to be descriptive enough > b) Encase it's not we already provide the ability to point to the > upstream documentation > c) This will slow down all containerized and virtualzation and > monitoring system that might be using the status ouput for one thing > or another > > Bottom line what is the practical purpose of this since the > administrator is the one that a runs the status output on the > service so he's capable of a) determine the package by the name of > the unit, gather it from either the man page or the documentation > link or by querying the exact origin of the unit file using the > package management installed on his system? > > What's the justification for the latency and the resource overhead > to provide this? You missed the part where I said "you should make it opt-in".
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