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

[Alex Efros <powerman@powerman.asdfGroup.com>]

Hi!

On Mon, Oct 30, 2006 at 01:13:21PM +0100, Dra?en Ka?ar wrote:
> 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.

No. Bloat isn't equal to 'new feature'. Bloated software isn't equal to
feature-rich software. But if software has wrong features added in wrong
places (from architecture view) then it's become bloated very quickly.

Maybe it's good idea to include additional script in runit package (or
distribute it separately) which can be used from ./finish script this way:

    # add 5 minutes timeout if service was started 5 times in last 10 sec
    restart-timeout --interval 10 --tries 5 300

But adding this functionality to runit is a bad idea just because you
already can develop that restart-timeout script using current runit,
and adding this feature to runit doesn't provide any additional gains.
After all, it's a Unix Way.

-- 
			WBR, Alex.