Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2016 01:01:35 +0000 (UTC) From: Benjamin Kaduk <bjk@FreeBSD.org> To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r48006 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status Message-ID: <201601130101.u0D11Z4J039188@repo.freebsd.org>
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Author: bjk Date: Wed Jan 13 01:01:35 2016 New Revision: 48006 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/48006 Log: Add relaunchd entry 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 ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2015-10-2015-12.xml Wed Jan 13 00:53:29 2016 (r48005) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2015-10-2015-12.xml Wed Jan 13 01:01:35 2016 (r48006) @@ -2141,4 +2141,69 @@ </task> </help> </project> + + <project cat='misc'> + <title>relaunchd</title> + + <contact> + <person> + <name> + <given>Mark</given> + <common>Heily</common> + </name> + <email>mark@heily.com</email> + </person> + </contact> + + <links> + <url href="https://github.com/mheily/relaunchd">Development tree on GitHub</url> + </links> + + <body> + <p>The <tt>relaunchd</tt> project provides a service + management daemon that is similar to the original + <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Launchd">launchd</a>; + introduced in Apple OS X.</p> + + <p>It is not limited to the original features of + <tt>launchd</tt>, however: interesting work is being done to add + support for launching programs in jails, passing socket + descriptors from the host to a jail, and launching programs within + a preconfigured <tt>capsicum(4)</tt> sandbox. Additionally, + <tt>relaunchd</tt> uses UCL for its configuration files, so jobs + can be defined in JSON or other formats supported by UCL.</p> + + <p>While there is still work to be done, most of the important + features of the original <tt>launchd</tt> have been implemented, + and <tt>relaunchd</tt> has been made available in the &os; Ports + Collection. It should still be considered experimental and not + ready for production use, but everyone is welcome to try it, + report issues, and contribute code or ideas for improvement.</p> + </body> + + <help> + <task> + <p>Add support for restarting jobs if they crash.</p> + </task> + + <task> + <p>Implement the <tt>cron(8)</tt> emulation feature.</p> + </task> + + <task> + <p>Add support for monitoring files and directories for + changes, and launching jobs when changes are detected.</p> + </task> + + <task> + <p>Finish things that are incomplete, such as support for + jails and passing open socket descriptors to child processes.</p> + </task> + + <task> + <p>Improve the documentation and providing more examples of + how to use it.</p> + </task> + </help> + </project> </report>
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