[bug#26685] certbot service experience

[Christopher Allan Webber]

Christopher Allan Webber writes:

> Ludovic Courtès writes:
>
>> Hi there!
>>
>> Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <address@hidden> skribis:
>>
>>> Ludovic Courtès wrote on 26/07/17 at 10:59:
>>>> Hello Andy, Chris, and Clément!  :-)
>>>
>>> ...and Ludo',
>>>
>>>> Could we decide on what really needs to be done before we push this
>>>> patch, and what can be done later?  It’s a pity that this patch has been
>>>> sitting there for so long despite being very useful!
>>>
>>> Zut alors. I missed that service! Nice. Necessary.
>>>
>>>>   https://bugs.gnu.org/26685
>>>
>>> If nobody objects, I'd like a few days to play with this before it gets
>>> merged. It's a fine service, but I think it privileges the ‘--webroot’
>>> plugin too much (‘-w’ is a plugin-specific option, not global). I'd
>>> rather not have my mail box spin up nginx...
>>
>> Any update on this?  :-)
>>
>> Ludo’.
>
> My feeling is that it's a good idea to allow for non-webroot
> configuration, but I think it shouldn't hold us back from moving forward
> with getting the certbot service in.

I especially feel this way this morning, when I had to push a server
upgrade out and I suddenly realized I'm about to have to rebase this
branch!

Ludo’, are you okay with me working on getting this into master with
just the webroot plugin for now and marking that the service
configuration interface for this is semi-unstable for now in the manual?
That way we can get this in and get other people to test it, and not
let it languish.

I think the service needs some serious work but we're likely to have
more success getting around the rough edges by having more people using
it anyway.

WDYT?