[systemd-devel] How to properly write an "umbrella" unit

[Daurnimator]

On 23 July 2015 at 04:41, Lennart Poettering <lennart at poettering.net> wrote:
> Maybe we can change the manager core to propagate Reload() calls
> for unit type that do not support it natively to other units listed in
> PropagateReloadsTo= and then become a NOP.
>
> Or in other words: invoking reload on a target that knows no
> PropagateReloadsTo= should continue to return an error. But if such
> deps are defined, it should become a silent NOP and propagate the
> event.
>
> Could you file an RFP issue on github asking for this? [or even better,
> send a PR with a patch...  ;-) ]

ReloadPropagatedFrom= would seem to be more useful here.

Why should reloading a target error in the first place? ==> why not just a NOP?