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== Dependencies ==
== Dependencies ==
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* dbus >= 1.2.15 - needed patch pending in git HEAD branch, waiting for release 1.2.16. Temporarily accessible via http://plautrba.fedorapeople.org/dbus


== Contingency Plan ==
== Contingency Plan ==

Revision as of 14:46, 14 July 2009

Upstart 0.6.0

Summary

New upstart upstream release with a lot of new features.

Owner

  • email: <plautrba@redhat.com>

Current status

  • Targeted release: Fedora 41
  • Last updated: 2009-07-13
  • Percentage of completion: 01%


Detailed Description

Upstart is an event-based replacement for the /sbin/init daemon which handles starting of tasks and services during boot, stopping them during shutdown and supervising them while the system is running.

Feature highlights:

  • Tasks and Services are started and stopped by events;
  • Events are generated as tasks and services are started and stopped;
  • Events may be received from any other process on the system;
  • Services may be respawned if they die unexpectedly;
  • Supervision and respawning of daemons which separate from their parent process;
  • Communication with the init daemon over D-Bus.


Benefit to Fedora

Last upstream upstart version is 0.6.0 and it's recommended to update to this version. New release fixes a lot of bugs and brings up new dbus interface.

Scope

How To Test

User Experience

Dependencies

Contingency Plan

Documentation

Release Notes

Comments and Discussion