[gentoo-soc] report 7.24-8.7: improving OpenRC

Dear Guys and Gals,

heroxbd@×××××.com writes:

> After the mid term evaluation, this project shifts its emphasis from
> Prefix support to improving OpenRC (borrowing ideas from brother
> systems)
>

During the last two weeks, the following are finished:

>      1. use OpenRC to boot a Debian system
       
       DONE
       
>      2. find a way for OpenRC to use debian LSB init-scripts
>         OR, find a way to convert LSB init-scripts to OpenRC scripts

       DONE, it is the "lsb.pl" script.

       The process is documented at http://wiki.debian.org/OpenRC

>      3. Patch OpenRC build system to respect EPREFIX (yes, take this by myself)

       I reviewed my old patch at bug 415899, and it seems to be able to
       serve as a base for the prefix integration.

bonus:

   ccxCZ from #openrc made a GLEP draft
        
        http://wpr.cz/ccx/wobsite/article/openrc-supervisor.html

   The interesting point to me is to make openrc running closely
   with daemontools and runit for extended features.

   In this project proposal, modern extensions (a timer, a oom-killer, a
   daemon watcher) were discussed. To make openrc friendly talk to other
   tools (cron, incron, runit, etc.) to achieve these extensions are
   closest to my heart.
       
> the following tasks are natural consequences and not scheduled:
>
>     a. find a way for debian rc system to use OpenRC scripts
>        OR, find a way to convert OpenRC scripts to LSB init-scripts

      waiting list
         
>     b. bump OpenRC and push it into Gentoo Prefix tree

      waiting list

Regarding the schedule restriction, I will report on a daily basis for
the next week.

tomorrow, I will,

      1. finish the documentation on http://wiki.debian.org/OpenRC
      1b. consult rleigh@debian and aron@debian for how to do the things
          in the wiki page with deb helper scripts when packaging.
      2. ping Prefix team for the official adoption of openrc-prefix.

Regards,
Benda