Bug 754513 - Bird is in violation of the packaging guidelines
Summary: Bird is in violation of the packaging guidelines
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Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE
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Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: bird
Version: rawhide
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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Assignee: Jiri Skala
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks: 751869
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Reported: 2011-11-16 17:37 UTC by Jóhann B. Guðmundsson
Modified: 2014-11-09 22:35 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2011-11-23 13:47:51 UTC
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Description Jóhann B. Guðmundsson 2011-11-16 17:37:05 UTC 
Description of problem:

Bird and Bird6 are in violation of the packaging guidelines where it clearly states [1]...

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In Fedora 15+, SysV initscripts are no longer the default, they have been obsoleted by systemd unit files. There are guidelines for systemd here: Packaging:Systemd.

However, packagers who wish to include SysV initscripts may also do so, but they MUST be placed into a separate $name-sysvinit subpackage. Please note that the base package MUST contain the systemd unit file. In this scenario, use the following scriptlet:"

So either drop the legacy sysv init script or package it in a separated sysvinit subpackage...

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:SysVInitScript#Initscripts_in_addition_to_systemd_unit_files
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