Proposed guideline for init script files

[Rex Dieter]

Laurent Rineau wrote:
> On Wednesday 28 February 2007 13:59:29 Christopher Blizzard wrote:

>> +1.  In general if you have to edit an init startup file, it's a bug.
>> Configuration should be in /etc/sysconfig/foo.
> 
> Right. But are we sure our scripts are configurable enough for usages of all 
> administrators?
> 
> As an administrator, I would like to be able to use Fedora without filling a 
> bug when my local settings are incompatible with Fedora's init scripts.

A better workaround, in cases like these, is to rename the customized 
init script so that the incompatible changes will not be lost.

-- Rex