`66` is a new init system using `s6` under then hood. I've already written a mail or two long ago about it on this mailing list. I have already packaged it, the core boot services, and many other service definition frontend files, in my overlay.
It supports a simple declarative INI format for declaring services, supports hard and soft dependencies, efficient and safe parallelism. Oh! Yes, it handles the logs of the daemons via stdout/stderr, via dedicated loggers. Logs of different daemons are different... Everything possible is pre-computed and pre-resolved. This makes 66 ***really*** fast! But, it *never* runs in the system, except for the few milliseconds you need it. It uses s6 under the hood, something powerful yet so lightweight that you don't understand it's even running; unless you explicitly check for it. Kindly request me if you want any detailed info on any component, or just the whole thing. Those who want to try out a good init system with advanced features but simplicity and speed, this is exactly for you. Those who are just fine with systemd or openrc, using it in a production system, this isn't for you *yet*... All packages are currently in a separate overlay... The repository: https://github.com/pramodvu1502/66-svmgr-gentoo-overlay The Gentoo Wiki Page (incomplete as of now): https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/66-init Kind regards, Pramod V U
