From 5caa862561821bef8b0faadcddf560ac4513dfec Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "David Kaspar [Dee'Kej]" Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2018 13:49:27 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Revert "upstream's README.md added" This reverts commit 828930f758aba869c3a1befcf24e2f4f5e8a4624. --- README.md | 97 ------------------------------------------------------- 1 file changed, 97 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 README.md diff --git a/README.md b/README.md deleted file mode 100644 index 00995ff..0000000 --- a/README.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,97 +0,0 @@ -# initscripts -This repository contains source code for **legacy** *System V [initscripts](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Init)*, -which are primarily used in *[Linux](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux) distributions like e.g.*: -* [Fedora](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fedora_(operating_system)) -* [Red Hat Enterprise Linux](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux) -* [CentOS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CentOS) -* and some others as well... - -Since most of the major Linux distributions have already switched to -*[systemd](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Systemd)*, the *initscripts concept* is -quite outdated nowadays. *As a result, this repository provides primarily only -the support for other initscripts that might still exist out there.* - -The above mentioned support includes e.g. the -[`/etc/rc.d/init.d/functions`](https://github.com/fedora-sysv/initscripts/blob/master/etc/rc.d/init.d/functions) -or -[`/usr/sbin/service`](https://github.com/fedora-sysv/initscripts/blob/master/usr/sbin/service) -files. - -Another functionality this source code provides includes: - * [`network-scripts`](https://github.com/fedora-sysv/initscripts/tree/master/network-scripts) - **legacy** scripts for manipulating of network devices - * [`readonly-root`](https://github.com/fedora-sysv/initscripts/blob/master/usr/lib/systemd/readonly-root) - service for configuring the read-only root support - * [`netconsole`](https://github.com/fedora-sysv/initscripts/blob/master/etc/rc.d/init.d/netconsole) - service for initializing of network console logging - -For the *[RPM](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rpm_(software))* based distributions -we also provide a [`specfile`](https://github.com/fedora-sysv/initscripts/blob/master/initscripts.spec) -for easier packaging. - -## Future of initscripts -As mentioned above, the *initscripts concept* is outdated nowadays, and de-facto -obsolete. Most of the work on this repository is just a maintenance, and we do -**not** plan on extending the support for initscripts in the future in any way. - -We intend to convert the rest of the remaining services into *systemd* units, -and remove them eventually if possible. - -And we have also started our work on decomissioning of -[`network-scripts`](https://github.com/fedora-sysv/initscripts/tree/master/network-scripts) -as well. This means no new functionality will be added into them. In case you -need some you should ask for it to be implemented -in *[NetworkManager](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NetworkManager)*, if it isn't -already. - -## No longer active branches -Follow the steps in our wiki - -[how to access inactive branches](https://github.com/fedora-sysv/initscripts/wiki/How-to-access-inactive-branches) - -in case you need to check out old git branches for any reason. - - - -## Bugs reporting -If you find a bug, we would like to hear about it -- although we can't guarantee -we will be able to fix it... The best way to report bugs differs for each -distribution: - * `RHEL | CentOS` - create a bug report in [bugzilla](https://bugzilla.redhat.com/enter_bug.cgi) for corresponding RHEL version - * `Fedora | Other` - create a [new issue](https://github.com/fedora-sysv/initscripts/issues/new) directly here on GitHub - -**NOTE:** Bug reports created for *Fedora* in [bugzilla](https://bugzilla.redhat.com/) usually take a lot of time to -resolve. *We advise to use GitHub instead.*