Quasselcore should use an Upstart script instead of a sysv initscript

[Michael Marley]

I have written an Upstart script to replace the old sysv initscript for the quassel core.

[Scott Kitterman (kitterman)]

Looks pretty good, but I got a few comments from a developer that knows way more about upstart than me:

<stgraber> ScottK: looks to me like he wants "start on filesystem and static-network-up" instead, but the start on condition he's using isn' wrong either. Just because I'm picky, the respawn stanza is usually put before the script section so it's easier to spot.
<stgraber> besides that, it should all work fine assuming quasselcore doesn't fork/daemonize
<stgraber> oh and hardcoding /usr/bin is usually not considered a good thing
<ScottK> So just excec quasselcore?
<ScottK> exec even
<ScottK> stgraber: ^^^
<stgraber> yep
<ScottK> Thanks.

[Michael Marley (mamarley)]

OK, here is a new version with most of the suggestions implemented. I didn't change it to "static-network-up" though, because based on what I read about "static-network-up," it is only for statically-configured network interfaces and not ones configured through network-manager.

[Michael Marley (mamarley)]

Here is another update with the default values for PORT and LOGLEVEL added to the Upstart script, as recommended by debfx in #kubuntu-devel.

[Michael Marley (mamarley)]

I have made an updated version that uses start-stop-daemon in an attempt to fix the problem that debfx was having with SSL certificates.

[Michael Marley (mamarley)]

Here is a quassel-core.preinst file that will stop the quasselcore when upgrading to an Upstart-enabled version so that Upstart may track the process.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package quassel - 0.9.2-0ubuntu2

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quassel (0.9.2-0ubuntu2) trusty; urgency=low

  * Add quasselcore upstart job. Thanks to Michael Marley. (LP: #1244036)
  * Restart quasselcore after upgrades.
  * Make quassel-data and quassel-qt4-data conflict as they ship common files.
 -- Felix Geyer <email address hidden> Mon, 02 Dec 2013 16:50:58 +0100