Proposed guideline for init script files

[Michael Schwendt]

On Wed, 28 Feb 2007 20:08:55 +0100, Michael Schwendt wrote:

> > At the very moment a package is being introduced into Fedora, any
> > existing 3rd party package has no chance to be compatible
> 
> Are the 3rd party packages unmaintained?
> 
> Personally, I'm tired of that "3rd party" topic unless there is a

[got distracted at this point] - should have read:

Personally, I'm tired of that "3rd party" topic unless there is a
program, where 3rd party vendors can register (and share details about
their requirements) and a set of strict guidelines on how to keep a
distribution release ABI- and API-compatible. I'm not comfortable with
the scenario, in which an unknown 3rd party vendor replaces or modifies
arbitrary packages of the distribution without any guidelines.