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diff --git a/FEATURE-REMOVAL-SCHEDULE.md b/FEATURE-REMOVAL-SCHEDULE.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..a1b19abf --- /dev/null +++ b/FEATURE-REMOVAL-SCHEDULE.md @@ -0,0 +1,61 @@ +# Features Scheduled for Removal + +The following is a list of files and features that are going to be removed in +the source tree. Every entry should contain what exactly is going away, why it +is happening, and who is going to be doing the work. When the feature is +removed, it should also be removed from this file. + +## Service pause action + +When: 1.0 + +Why: The same affect can be obtained with the --nodeps option to stop. + +Who: + +## start-stop-daemon options --startas, --chuid , --oknodo + +When: 1.0 + +Why: Obsolete or replaced by other options. + +* --startas => use --name or --exec +* --chuid => use --user +* --oknodo => ignore return code instead + +Who: + +## runscript and rc symbolic links + +When: 1.0 + +Why: Deprecated in favor of openrc-run and openrc due to naming + conflicts with other software. + +Who: + +## support for the opts variable in service scripts + +When: 1.0 + +Why: Depprecated in favor of extra_commands, extra_started_commands + and extra_stopped_commands. + +Who: + +## support for local_start and local_stop + +When: 1.0 + +Why: Depprecated in favor of executable scripts in @SYSCONFDIR@/local.d + +Who: + +## the mtab service script + +When: make warnings more visible in 1.0, remove in 2.0 + +Why: /etc/mtab should be a symbolic link to /proc/self/mounts on modern + Linux systems + +Who: |