Re: [announce] s6-2.0.0.0

From: John Albietz <inthecloud247_at_gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2014 13:45:58 -0600

Laurent,

Congrats on the release! Looking forward to checking it out.

What is the upgrade path from pre 2.0.0.0 s6 installs to 2.0.0.0. Are there
any major compatibility issues?
With the new major version in the release number, not sure if I should
expect an upgrade to just *work*.

- John

On Mon, Dec 22, 2014 at 11:54 AM, Colin Booth <cathexis_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Dec 22, 2014 at 8:39 AM, Laurent Bercot
> <ska-supervision_at_skarnet.org> wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> > Merry Christmas! s6-2.0.0.0 is out.
> >
> > * Build system changed to ./configure && make && sudo make install.
> > Distributors rejoice! Packaging s6 will now be easy and won't go against
> > your guidelines, no matter how strict they are.
> > * You need brand new skalibs-2.0.0.0 and execline-2.0.0.0, both s6
> > build-time dependencies.
> > * Reassessed portability. s6 should run as is on at least Linux,
> FreeBSD,
> > OpenBSD, NetBSD, Solaris and MacOS X. If you're trying to make it work on
> > another architecture and adjustments are needed, please report it.
> > * No major functional changes. Cosmetic fixes left and right.
> > * One added feature: readiness notification support in s6-svwait, and a
> new
> > program, s6-notifywhenup, to perform fifodir notification of service
> > readiness
> > without having to link the daemon to a specific library. Some minimal
> daemon
> > support is still needed: daemons signal readiness by writing a line to a
> > file
> > descriptor. tcpserver and s6-[tcp|ipc]server*, among others, do this.
> >
> > Readiness notification support is an important tool to have. It's a
> > requirement for dependency management.
> >
> > Lots of future work to come in 2015. I can't wait to start!
> >
> > Enjoy, and please send bug-reports.
>
> Sounds good. You should probably update the download link on the
> skalibs page though, it's still pointing at 1.6.0.0.
>
> Cheers!
>
>
> --
> "If the doors of perception were cleansed every thing would appear to
> man as it is, infinite. For man has closed himself up, till he sees
> all things thru' narrow chinks of his cavern."
> -- William Blake
>
Received on Mon Dec 22 2014 - 19:45:58 UTC