[systemd-devel] Some useful patches

[Kay Sievers]

On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 7:38 PM, Hristo Venev <hristo at venev.name> wrote:
> On Fri, 2014-03-28 at 19:06 +0100, Kay Sievers wrote:
>> On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 6:38 PM, Hristo Venev <hristo at venev.name> wrote:
>> > The first patch moves the user generator directories to XDG_RUNTIME_DIR. This
>> > way the path for the generator directories is always under the manager's
>> > runtime prefix. Consistency and code size.
>> >
>> > The second patch moves the transient user units to XDG_RUNTIME_DIR. This way
>> > they are deleted on reboot just like the system transient units and do not take
>> > space in XDG_CONFIG_HOME.
>> >
>> > The third patch lets transient units set EnvironmentFiles. It can be used in
>> > systemd-run like this: systemd-run -p EnvirontmentFiles="fileA fileB fileC"
>> > Drop-in files for this are not yet implemented.
>>
>> Please include any *why*, along with the *what* in the commit log itself.
>>
>> The commit subject really does not help to explain why something is
>> changed, and that is what matters, in the end; the patch itself
>> usually explains pretty well what is done, but not why.

> First patch: Consistency and code size. Predictability of the location
> of the generator directories => easier debugging.
> Second patch: I DO NOT WANT TRANSIENT UNIT LEFTOVERS IN MY
> XDG_CONFIG_HOME!
> Third patch: Isn't it obvious that it's a (very small) new feature?

I meant, the *why* you added here, should be in the *commits*
themselves, not in the *announce* of them. We want the *why* in the
git history, but the announce mail will not be there.

Kay