Simon McVittie writes ("Bug#851747: sysvinit-utils: unmaintained package should
not be Essential"):
> sysvinit appears to be unmaintained, but it builds an Essential package
> (sysvinit-utils) that must be installed on all Debian systems. This
> seems like a bad situation.
I'm happy to commit to maintaining these ...
> Contents of sysvinit-utils, ignoring documentation:
>
> /lib/init/init-d-script
> /lib/init/vars.sh
> /sbin/fstab-decode
> /bin/pidof == /sbin/killall5 (same program)
... things.
I confess I don't understand everything in the sysvinit-related
packages and also the use of a list as the Maintainer is confusing.
If it would help the bookkeeping I'm happy for my name to be added to
Uploaders.
Ian.
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