The following is a list of files and features that are going to be removed in the source tree. Every entry should contain what exactly is going away, why it is happening, and who is going to be doing the work. When the feature is removed, it should also be removed from this file.
When: 1.0
Why: The same affect can be obtained with the --nodeps option to stop.
Who:
When: 1.0
Why: Obsolete or replaced by other options.
- --startas => use --name or --exec
- --chuid => use --user
- --oknodo => ignore return code instead
Who:
When: 1.0
Why: Deprecated in favor of extra_commands, extra_started_commands and extra_stopped_commands.
Who:
When: 1.0
Why: Deprecated in favor of executable scripts in @SYSCONFDIR@/local.d
Who:
When: force /etc/mtab to link to /proc/self/mounts in 1.0, remove service in 2.0
Why: /etc/mtab should be a symbolic link to /proc/self/mounts on modern Linux systems
Who:
If you have a c program that links to librc and uses functions from there, this section will list API functions which are deprecated and will be removed along with the reason they are being removed.