To what extent does/will Dovecot depend on systemd? was systemd changes...

[aki.tuomi at dovecot.fi]

> On February 22, 2016 at 7:22 PM Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> On 02/22/2016 06:31 AM, Noel Butler wrote:
> >>>> https://github.com/dovecot/core/commit/53cc71cae88ee81fd7eae47aed743496f8c884a2
> >>>>
> >>> [snip]
> >>>
> >>>> The PID-File seems to be expected under yet another sub-dir
> >>>> of /var/run/dovecot.
> >>> I wasn't aware that any Dovecot functionalities have become dependent
> >>> on systemd. Is this discussion simply about the unit file and PID file
> >>> location for Dovecot under systemd's process manager, or is Dovecot
> >>> starting to acquire systemd dependencies that will make it difficult to
> >>> run without systemd in the future?
> >>>
> >>> February 2016 featured book: The Key to Everyday Excellence
> >>> http://www.troubleshooters.com/key
> >> We do not depend on systemd, but unit files are provided and
> >> automatically installed if enabled.
> > 
> > That's excellent news, because hell will freeze over before systemd is
> > introduced to official slackware releases
> 
>   Or Solaris, for that matter.
> 
>             -Dave
> 
> -- 
> Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
> New Kensington, PA

Thank you for your feedback on this matter. We will keep this in mind.

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Aki Tuomi