dovecot - Feb 2016 - To what extent does/will Dovecot depend on systemd? was systemd changes...

On 02/22/2016 06:31 AM, Noel Butler wrote:
>>>>
https://github.com/dovecot/core/commit/53cc71cae88ee81fd7eae47aed743496f8c884a2
>>>>
>>> [snip]
>>>
>>>> The PID-File seems to be expected under yet another sub-dir
>>>> of /var/run/dovecot.
>>> I wasn't aware that any Dovecot functionalities have become
dependent
>>> on systemd. Is this discussion simply about the unit file and PID
file
>>> location for Dovecot under systemd's process manager, or is
Dovecot
>>> starting to acquire systemd dependencies that will make it
difficult to
>>> run without systemd in the future?
>>>
>>> February 2016 featured book: The Key to Everyday Excellence
>>> http://www.troubleshooters.com/key
>> We do not depend on systemd, but unit files are provided and
>> automatically installed if enabled.
> 
> That's excellent news, because hell will freeze over before systemd is
> introduced to official slackware releases
  Or Solaris, for that matter.

            -Dave

-- 
Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA

> On February 22, 2016 at 7:22 PM Dave McGuire <mcguire at
neurotica.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> On 02/22/2016 06:31 AM, Noel Butler wrote:
> >>>>
https://github.com/dovecot/core/commit/53cc71cae88ee81fd7eae47aed743496f8c884a2
> >>>>
> >>> [snip]
> >>>
> >>>> The PID-File seems to be expected under yet another
sub-dir
> >>>> of /var/run/dovecot.
> >>> I wasn't aware that any Dovecot functionalities have
become dependent
> >>> on systemd. Is this discussion simply about the unit file and
PID file
> >>> location for Dovecot under systemd's process manager, or
is Dovecot
> >>> starting to acquire systemd dependencies that will make it
difficult to
> >>> run without systemd in the future?
> >>>
> >>> February 2016 featured book: The Key to Everyday Excellence
> >>> http://www.troubleshooters.com/key
> >> We do not depend on systemd, but unit files are provided and
> >> automatically installed if enabled.
> > 
> > That's excellent news, because hell will freeze over before
systemd is
> > introduced to official slackware releases
> 
>   Or Solaris, for that matter.
> 
>             -Dave
> 
> -- 
> Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
> New Kensington, PA
Thank you for your feedback on this matter. We will keep this in mind.

---
Aki Tuomi

On 02/22/2016 01:27 PM, aki.tuomi at dovecot.fi wrote:
>>>>> [snip]
>>>>>
>>>>>> The PID-File seems to be expected under yet another
sub-dir
>>>>>> of /var/run/dovecot.
>>>>> I wasn't aware that any Dovecot functionalities have
become dependent
>>>>> on systemd. Is this discussion simply about the unit file
and PID file
>>>>> location for Dovecot under systemd's process manager,
or is Dovecot
>>>>> starting to acquire systemd dependencies that will make it
difficult to
>>>>> run without systemd in the future?
>>>>>
>>>>> February 2016 featured book: The Key to Everyday Excellence
>>>>> http://www.troubleshooters.com/key
>>>> We do not depend on systemd, but unit files are provided and
>>>> automatically installed if enabled.
>>>
>>> That's excellent news, because hell will freeze over before
systemd is
>>> introduced to official slackware releases
>>
>>   Or Solaris, for that matter.
> 
> Thank you for your feedback on this matter. We will keep this in mind.
  Thank you Aki.

            -Dave

-- 
Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA