--- wikisrc/projects/project/launchd-port.mdwn 2011/11/06 14:48:47 1.2 +++ wikisrc/projects/project/launchd-port.mdwn 2015/02/20 17:12:46 1.3 @@ -16,7 +16,25 @@ duration="3 months" description=""" [Launchd](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Launchd) is a MacOS/X utility that is used to start and control daemons similar to init(8), but much more powerful. There was an effort to port launchd to FreeBSD, but it seems to be [abandoned](http://wiki.freebsd.org/launchd). We should first investigate what happened to the FreeBSD effort to avoid duplicating work. The port is not trivial because launchd uses a lot of mach features. + +Milestones: + +* report of FreeBSD efforts (past and present) +* launchd port replacing: init +* launchd port replacing: rc +* launchd port compatible with: rc.d scripts +* launchd port replacing: watchdogd + + +Nice to have: + +* launchd port replacing/integrating: inetd +* launchd port replacing: atd +* launchd port replacing: crond +* launchd port replacing: (the rest) + """ + ]] [[!tag gsoc]]