Init scripts list and description

[Matthew East]

> I am in the need to set up a module for my program (Boot-Up Manager)
> which includes a full list of ubuntu's init scripts (script name -
> short description (30 chars) - associated daemon). This is because
> curently I am displaying the text description parsing the package
> cache, but it is sometime unfriendly for common user.

This is a good idea. For anyone who isn't aware of this program, it is here:
http://www.marzocca.net/linux/bum.html It is a gui for managing initscripts
which is currently being worked on with the idea of getting it into the Ubuntu
repositories, and possibly complying with the spec here:
http://udu.wiki.ubuntu.com/GraphicalConfigTools

part of making it comply with this spec is getting user friendly descriptions
for the services as Fabio describes:
 
> i.e.
>  makedev - Creates device files in /dev     
>  alsa - ALSA driver configurastion files   
> 
> and so on. This is not friendly... The daemon name is useful to easily
> detect if the service-daemon is running, as the init scripts are not
> standard and not all of them have the daemon name in the code.
> 
> I could go thru writing this list by myself, but:
> 
> 1 - I am not english
> 2 - It could be better if an ubuntu guy do that, for standard matters.
> 
> My question is: any chance to have this list done by someone of you?

Hope someone can help :)

Matt