From 25b1a04051c566d6448b5664b14b43e991d0e634 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joshua Branson Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2018 21:18:59 -0400 Subject: cgit -> git I added some info on the systemd and Upstart pages. I added some links to other multiserver OSs. some tweaks to the systemd and upstart wiki pages. more info added to the genode OS page. I added a GNU Shepherd page. --- open_issues/Upstart.mdwn | 12 ++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'open_issues/Upstart.mdwn') diff --git a/open_issues/Upstart.mdwn b/open_issues/Upstart.mdwn index c8a8347d..1972e197 100644 --- a/open_issues/Upstart.mdwn +++ b/open_issues/Upstart.mdwn @@ -8,11 +8,19 @@ Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled [[GNU Free Documentation License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] + +[[!template id=highlight text="""/!\ Obsolete /!\ + +--- + +[[systemd|Systemd]] has almost universally replaced upstart."""]] + Upstart is an event based init system that is GPL licensed, however upstream contributions are under a CLA that permits proprietary relicensing. -As of Jan 2 2013, Debian is considering adopting Upstart as an init system on -GNU/Linux, and on GNU/kFreeBSD when the port to kFreeBSD is finished. +Most major GNU/Linux distributions are choosing systemd as their init system +instead of upstart. The original upstart developers seem to have stopped +developing it. The following are the words of Colin Watson on the debian-ctte@lists.debian.org mailing list and list the requirements of a potential HURD port: -- cgit v1.2.3