openrc/FEATURE-REMOVAL-SCHEDULE
William Hubbs 1b26d547a5 Deprecate the mtab service script
The mtab service script is no longer needed on modern Linux systems, so
we can remove it in 1.0. However, we need to set a deprecation notice
first.
2014-08-14 13:50:48 -05:00

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The following is a list of files and features that are going to be removed in
the source tree. Every entry should contain what exactly is going away, why it
is happening, and who is going to be doing the work. When the feature is
removed, it should also be removed from this file.
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What: Service pause action
When: 1.0
Why: ...
Who:
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What: start-stop-daemon options --startas, --chuid , --oknodo
When: 1.0
Why: Obsolete or replaced by other options.
--startas => use --name or --exec
--chuid => use --user
--oknodo => ignore return code instead
Who:
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What: runscript and rc symbolic links
When: 1.0
Why: Deprecated in favor of openrc-run and openrc due to naming
conflicts with other software.
Who:
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What: support for the opts variable in service scripts
When: 1.0
Why: Depprecated in favor of extra_commands, extra_started_commands
and extra_stopped_commands.
Who:
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What: support for local_start and local_stop
When: 1.0
Why: Depprecated in favor of executable scripts in @SYSCONFDIR@/local.d
Who:
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What: the mtab service script
When: 1.0
Why: /etc/mtab should be a symbolic link to /proc/self/mounts on modern
Linux systems
Who:
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