Upstart An event-based replacement for the /sbin/init daemon which handles starting of tasks and services during boot.
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An event-based replacement for the /sbin/init daemon which handles starting of tasks and services during boot. Upstart project 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.It is being developed for the Ubuntu distribution, but is intended to be suitable for deployment in all Linux distributions as a replacement for the venerable sysvinit package. Here are some key features of "Upstart": · Tasks and Services are started and stopped by events · Events are generated as tasks and services are run and stopped · Events may also be generated at timed intervals, or when files are changed · Events may be received from any other process on the system · Services may be respawned if they die unexpectedly · Bi-directional communication with init daemon to discover which jobs are running, why jobs failed, etc. What's New in This Release: · The biggest disadvantage to people actually using your software is that they find bugs, this one's a doozy because it looks like it affects older 0.3 releases as well. Now seems as good a time as any to repeat my recommendation that distributions, mobile and embedded appliance developers using Upstart consider using 0.6 in their next release rather than sticking with 0.3

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