[Asterisk-Dev] The Zaptel init scripts must die!

Kevin P. Fleming kpfleming at digium.com
Tue Dec 13 09:13:02 MST 2005


Greg Boehnlein wrote:

> The current init scripts are crap and should be deprecated. I've 
> volunteered to re-write them and make them consistent w/ what I've done 
> for the Asterisk init scripts, and break out init scripts into various, 
> distro specific files. I've asked for comments on #asterisk-dev and gotten 
> no real response.

Well, that means either that nobody cares, or that they trust your 
judgment... take your pick :-)

> The Init Scripts can provide value on a "modern distro" by verifying many 
> things are correct BEFORE loading the modules. This can be used to spit 
> out helpful error messages that will reduce newbie questions and 
> streamline support.

That sounds reasonable.



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