[Bug 1261765] Re: "Waiting for network configuration" is a woefully inadequate message

[Ben Gamari]

Hi Clint, thank you for the quite civil response to what was an
emotionally charged description. I should have waited to read over the
text in a less stressful environment. I apologize; the description was
out of line.

Thanks for pointing out the source of message. In addition to the
suggestions I made in the bug description, it seems reasonable that any
error message should identify its source. I don't mind having to sift
through code to debug an issue but as things are it's not even clear
where to begin looking.

It seems this issue and many like it are as much documentation issues as
they are user interface issues. The integration (and, in this case,
behavioral improvements) that comes with a modern init system is great
but often makes debugging issues quite difficult due to the large number
of components involved and the lack of a comprehensive description of
how the pieces interact. When error messages pops up from a piece of
code which doesn't identify itself, one has litttle recourse but to grep
the entire filesystem and hope that the message turns up.

The Upstart Cookbook is a great resource, but it doesn't explain how
Upstart is used in Ubuntu in particular. I'm not sure where such
documentation would belong, but it seems that the world would be a
better place if there were a document describing the various Upstart
tasks critical to Ubuntu's boot process.

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Title:
  "Waiting for network configuration" is a woefully inadequate message

Status in “upstart” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  I have a rather long /etc/network/interfaces configuration and since
  12.04 have been seeing the message "Waiting for network configuration"
  on every boot. This bug is not about me, however. It is about the
  message itself and its infuriatingly complete lack of any debuggable
  content. It does not provide the user with the interface being waiting
  for, the daemon doing the waiting, nor even a rough idea of how one
  might begin investigating the issue. This is the definition of poor
  user experience.

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