Re[4]: s6-frontend & new s6-rc questions

>>    You could argue that there should be a separate flag in the service
>>  state saying "not explicitly wanted, just currently up because of
>>  dependencies", and that might be a good thing, but the current s6-rc
>>  core does not support that.
>
>This is what I thought usable meant after reading the documentation.

  That's valuable feedback, thanks. I updated the documentation, can
you please confirm that
https://www.skarnet.org/software/s6-rc/repodefs.html#rx is clearer now?


>else /* actually perform the state transition... I think */

  Yes, that's what it does =F0=9F=98=84


>After reading it again, I realize that I originally got that wrong and
>it really is "if it is a transition to the down state, this service is
>marked as essential, and GOLB_HIDEESSENTIALS is *not* set =E2=80=94it is f=
or
>-D=E2=80=94, *don't* stop this service" =F0=9F=98=85

  Exactly. The joys of double negations!

--
  Laurent