svn commit: r48057 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status

Mon Jan 18 22:00:25 UTC 2016

Author: bjk
Date: Mon Jan 18 22:00:24 2016
New Revision: 48057
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/48057

Log:
  Add entry mentioning init and service management projects, from Mark Heily

Modified:
  head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2015-10-2015-12.xml

Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2015-10-2015-12.xml
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--- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2015-10-2015-12.xml	Mon Jan 18 20:52:42 2016	(r48056)
+++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2015-10-2015-12.xml	Mon Jan 18 22:00:24 2016	(r48057)
@@ -3741,4 +3741,83 @@
       </task>
     </help>
   </project>
+
+  <project cat='misc'>
+    <title>System Initialization and Service Management</title>
+
+    <contact>
+      <person>
+	<name>
+	  <given>Mark</given>
+	  <common>Heily</common>
+	</name>
+	<email>mark at heily.com</email>
+      </person>
+
+      <person>
+	<name>
+	  <given>Jonathan</given>
+	  <common>de Boyne Pollard</common>
+	</name>
+	<email>J.deBoynePollard-newsgroups at NTLWorld.COM</email>
+      </person>
+
+      <person>
+	<name>
+	  <given>Jordan</given>
+	  <common>Hubbard</common>
+	</name>
+	<email>jkh at FreeBSD.org</email>
+      </person>
+    </contact>
+
+    <links>
+      <url href="http://www.daemonspawn.org/2016/01/a-comparison-of-alternatives-to-init8.html">A Comparison of <tt>init(8)</tt> and <tt>rc(8)</tt> Replacements</url>
+    </links>
+
+    <body>
+      <p>There are three active projects to provide an alternative
+	to the traditional <tt>init(8)</tt> and <tt>rc(8)</tt> subsystems
+	that manage the boot process and system services.  There are a
+	number of reasons driving the desire for change, including:</p>
+
+      <ul>
+	<li>Faster boot times, made possible by launching services
+	  in parallel</li>
+
+	<li>Greater reliability, by ensuring that services are
+	  automatically restarted if they terminate unexpectedly</li>
+
+	<li>Simplified dependency management, using socket
+	  activation and similar techniques</li>
+
+	<li>The ability to launch services "on demand",
+	  and have them self-terminate when idle</li>
+
+	<li>Improved security, by removing the need to start common
+	  daemons as the root user</li>
+      </ul>
+
+      <p> Two of the projects, <tt>launchd</tt> and
+	<tt>relaunchd</tt>, are based on the <tt>launchd(8)</tt> API
+	introduced by Apple in Mac OS X.  The NextBSD project has ported
+	the original Apple source code by writing a Mach compatibility
+	layer that allows <tt>launchd</tt> to run on &os;.  The
+	<tt>relaunchd</tt> project started from scratch with the goal of
+	creating a more modular, lightweight, and portable implementation
+	of the <tt>launchd</tt> API.  The third project, <tt>nosh</tt>, is
+	a unique creation that borrows concepts from <tt>launchd</tt>,
+	<tt>systemd</tt>, and several other Unix operating systems.</p>
+
+      <p>While the &os; Project has not made a decision to replace
+	the current <tt>init(8)</tt> and <tt>rc(8)</tt> subsystems, the
+	existence and active development of alternatives will continue to
+	drive innovation in this space.</p>
+
+      <p>Jordan Hubbard is the contact point for the NextBSD
+	<tt>launchd</tt>, Jonathan de Boyne Pollard is the contact point
+	for <tt>nosh</tt>, and Mark Heily is the contact point for
+	<tt>relaunchd</tt>.</p>
+    </body>
+  </project>
 </report>
