package: wnpp
severity: wishlist
control: block 766029 by -1

* Package name    : relaunch-notifier
  Description     : Notification system for running applications that
need to be relaunched

Code for this does not yet exist, but the feature is very often
requested. The software would be similar in functionality to
checkrestart from the debian-goodies package, but in graphical or
notification system form.

Isn't that was needrestart can do now as well?


At least I'd suggest that such functionality would be rather added to
needrestart and not something new be implemented.

Ideally, needrestart should in the long-run become default in Debian,...
it should replace the current practise of packages restarting their
services themselves in the maintainer-scripts unconditionally (i.e. even
it there wouldn't be strict need to do so from the technical side).

And also, in the longterm needrestart could provide some interface to
general notification systems.


Cheers,
Chris.

Christoph Anton Mitterer wrote:

No.  If the needrestart pacage is insufficiently clear about its
limitations, then a minor bug report about that may be helpful.

Whoever implements this RFP is free to do so however they choose.

That has nothing to do with this RFP.  A wishlist bug against
src:needrestart about that would be useful; patches even better.

Best wishes,
Mike