Bug 498376

Summary:	sys-apps/upstart - Event-based replacement for /sbin/init which handles starting of tasks and services during boot
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Tom Wijsman (TomWij) (RETIRED) <tomwij>
Component:	New packages	Assignee:	Default Assignee for New Packages <maintainer-wanted>
Status:	CONFIRMED ---
Severity:	enhancement	CC:	camerontnorman, gentoo, kapsh, vincent
Priority:	High	Keywords:	EBUILD, InOverlay
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
URL:	http://upstart.ubuntu.com
See Also:	https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=150190
Whiteboard:	chromiumos (https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromiumos/overlays/chromiumos-overlay/+/master/sys-apps/upstart/)
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Tom Wijsman (TomWij) (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2014-01-17 16:12:56 UTC

+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #150190 +++

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.

It is being developed for the Ubuntu distribution, however is intended to be suitable for deployment in all Linux distributions as a replacement for the venerable sysvinit package.