Little change on /lib/lsb/init-functions

[Taco Witte]

Op wo, 15-06-2005 te 15:29 +0200, schreef Taco Witte:
> Karl Hegbloom wrote:
> On Sun, 2005-06-12 at 23:13 +0200, Alberto González wrote:
> 
> > > Those packages could modify init-functions when installed, making it
> > > point to whatever file they need, as long as it conforms to the
> > > "interface" of the original file.
> > 
> > Are you saying that it should use 'dpkg-divert'? I don't like that
> > approach very well. It would be better to implement some sort of
> > overlay or PATH-shadowing system. Overlay would work best, so that the
> > base functionality of the LSB init-functions could still be accessed
> > without needing to duplicate it.
> 
> I'd propose to hide the output of the initscripts by default instead.
> This makes things like localization easy because there's nothing to
> localize (a 'start' message could be replaced by a dot to indicate
> progress). And I think the user shouldn't be bothered with information
> he/she doesn't need.
> See bug #6794 and #10197 for an approach. In this approach, the output
> of initscripts isn't displayed on boot but only when scripts are used
> manually (such as on the command line or when installing packages). And
> this behavior is configurable with the same boot parameters that are
> used to control the output of the kernel (quiet, splash).

It seems the discussion has stalled a bit -- does nobody have an
opinion? The idea to hide the output of initscripts (or display as
normal) has a working implementation (just look in the bugs).

Kind regards,
Taco