Re: Option for runsv/runsvdir to specify how many times to restart a service in a certain time period before giving up?

["Dražen Kačar" <dave@fly.srk.fer.hr>]

Alex Efros wrote:
> 
> On Sat, Oct 28, 2006 at 08:26:27PM +0100, Alex Smith wrote:
> > Is this a good idea? Or not?
> 
> I think - no, it's a bad idea. Such ideas just make software bloated.

That kind of depends.

> Your services MUST run all of time, that's why they called services.
> If some service doesn't start - it's a big problem, and admin should be
> notified about it urgently and fix it (maybe by disabling this service :)).

Admin might not be available (admins have to sleep, after all). Besides,
the problem might be out of admin's control. For example, a remote
database (on which his service depends) doesn't work, or the network
connectivity was lost or something like that.

> Runit provide enough features to write such 'plugins' manually - you've
> ./finish file in which you can check how often it's executed and do
> something: stop service, sleep, or send sms to admin.

Sure, but if something's a common need for a large group of users, then
they call it a feature. Some of those who don't need such feature call it
a bloat, but I don't think that's a valid argument.

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