On Wed, Sep 03, 2014 at 02:19:02PM -0400, Ian Stakenvicius wrote:
> I thought the whole point of the gentoo-functions package was for it
> to take over the /etc/init.d/functions.sh shortcut??
> 
> As far as I am aware (and i believe vapier will confirm),
> /etc/init.d/functions.sh is and shall always remain part of the Gentoo
> API, despite /etc/init.d/ now being the realm of openrc proper.  This
> was part of the discussion over a year ago when the decision was made
> to implement the pure-bash gentoo-functions.sh replacement in the
> first place, and why that symlink didn't disappear back then.
 
You are correct that that comment was made. However, later in the bug,
multiple folks made the observation that /etc is not the place for a
shell library, and there was no disagreement to that [1]. So the way I
read it we convinced vapier otherwise.

Also, the gentoo-functions.sh package went through several iterations before
it was stabled, and there were no complaints.

 William

 [1] https://bugs.gentoo.org/373219