On Tuesday, 6 May 2025 04:57:46 British Summer Time Pramod V U wrote: > `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
Just to say thank you for working on this and for updating us on progress. Hopefully one day it will be a good alternative to OpenRC and migration will not be too involved.
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