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From the «gingerly avoiding flamewars» department:
Title: Ask Slashdot: Feature Requests For Epoch Init System 1.3.0?
Author: help@slashdot.org
Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2015 18:06:00 -0400
Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/PCbE_H6ieaM/ask-slashdot-feature-requests-for-epoch-init-system-130

New submitter Ben Dibell writes: My name is Subsentient. I maintain the Epoch
Init System, a single-threaded init system for Linux designed to be easy to
configure and customize, as well as staying out of your way.Epoch uses a
numeric priority system to determine the boot order of objects, supports a wide
range of customizability, and doesn't require much anything except libc and
/bin/sh (though /bin/sh can be omitted, not recommended). Epoch also features
advanced service status reporting features and has service supervision. I'm
just here to ask the Slashdot community what they'd like to see in the next
release, 1.3.0 "Fluoxetine", before I wrap it up. There are generally 2 things
I can't consider:* Parallel service startup, because that can be done manually,
and implementing it would make Epoch too complex IMHO.* Switching away from the
numeric priority system to "true" dependencies. I implemented the priority
system because I liked the freedom it gives the end user. Despite these
omissions, your feedback matters to me. I want to make something everyone will
want to use. -Subsentient

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