[pkg-fetchmail-maint] Bug#498427: Not explicitly stopping the daemon in runlevels 0 and 6

[Cesare Tirabassi]

Package: fetchmail
Version: 6.3.9~rc2-3
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch
Usertags: origin-ubuntu intrepid ubuntu-patch

Hi,

For daemons that do not require clean shutdown to perform their
operation, not explicitly stopping the daemon in runlevels 0 and 6, but 
letting sendsigs take care of stopping it, can speed-up the shutdown process.

This has been used in Ubuntu for a while [1] but the policy has recently been 
changed to make it compatible with Debian [2]. The suitability  of this 
approach for Debian has been discussed in [3]; I'm therefore forwarding to 
you this patch for you to consider if your package may benefit from this 
change too.

Thanks,

Cesare
[1]https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Teardown
[2]https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-announce/2008-June/000430.html
[3]http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/07/msg00005.html
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