[exim] exim systemd service: Type=exec or Type=simple

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Author: Andreas Metzler
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To: exim-users
Subject: [exim] exim systemd service: Type=exec or Type=simple
Hello,

I am currently playing around with shipping a native systemd service
file for exim. Both openSUSE and archlinux provide nice starting
points. However, both[2] use Type=simple and reading the docs [1] I cannot
understand why. - The error detection Type=exec offers and Type=simple
lacks seems to be quite a benefit. What am I missing, is this just a
historical thing, with Type=exec having been introduced later?

cu Andreas

[1] https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemd.service.html
[2] archlinux also has an example for socket activation.
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