[Pkg-sysvinit-devel] Bug#851747: sysvinit-utils: unmaintained package should not be Essential

[Ian Jackson]

Simon McVittie writes ("Bug#851747: sysvinit-utils: unmaintained package should not be Essential"):
> sysvinit appears to be unmaintained, but it builds an Essential package
> (sysvinit-utils) that must be installed on all Debian systems. This
> seems like a bad situation.

I'm happy to commit to maintaining these ...

> Contents of sysvinit-utils, ignoring documentation:
> 
> /lib/init/init-d-script
> /lib/init/vars.sh
> /sbin/fstab-decode
> /bin/pidof == /sbin/killall5 (same program)

... things.

I confess I don't understand everything in the sysvinit-related
packages and also the use of a list as the Maintainer is confusing.

If it would help the bookkeeping I'm happy for my name to be added to
Uploaders.

Ian.

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