From 5760683937cba1c5620d5dc136f6cde7674ef772 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "David Kaspar [Dee'Kej]" Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2018 15:07:42 +0200 Subject: README.dm: future of initscripts described --- README.md | 15 +++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index fa92d1d2..daa3fa13 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -26,6 +26,21 @@ For the *[RPM](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rpm_(software))* based distribution 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 +## Future of initscripts +As mentioned above, the *initscripts concept* is outdated nowadays, and de-facto +obsolete.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 + ## No longer active branches Follow the steps in our wiki - [how to access inactive branches](https://github.com/fedora-sysv/initscripts/wiki/How-to-access-inactive-branches) - -- cgit v1.2.1