Restarting services

Erwin Van de Velde erwin.vandevelde at gmail.com
Mon Sep 25 02:47:50 PDT 2006


On Monday 25 September 2006 11:26, Vasil Dimov wrote:
> IMHO in this case the administrator should be changed,
> not the way ports operate. Building idiot-proof system is impossible and
> leads to the:
>
> Shaw's Principle:
>         Build a system that even a fool can use, and only a fool will
> want to use it.

This is not about being idiot-proof but being handy to use. It also reduces 
service downtime by immediately restarting the service after update instead 
of waiting for the administrator to restart it.

Best regards,
Erwin


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