[Bug 962124] Re: Feature Freeze Exception request for Upstart in Precise

[James Hunt]

It's worth pointing out that there is interest in seeing bug 936667
fixed from server folk. Also, users are starting to build kernels
without initramfs support (particularly on ARM?) so it would be very
beneficial to see this included in Precise.

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Title:
  Feature Freeze Exception request for Upstart in Precise

Status in “upstart” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I have just made an upstream Upstart release (1.5) and wish to get
  this added to Precise.

  = Rationale =

  == Bug Fixes ==

  Upstart 1.5 includes fixes for two important bugs seen in Ubuntu:

  * bug 936667
  * bug 940290

  == New Features ==

  === Usage stanza ===

  Upstart 1.5 also includes a new "usage" feature, developed by Redhat.

  I believe adding this new feature is low-risk but does introduce a new
  initctl command ("initctl usage <job>") and a new job stanza ("usage
  <string>").

  CONTINGENCY: There are currently no users of this feature as it is
  new, however if this feature proved problematic, The usage stanzas
  could simply be commented out of the relevant /etc/init/*.conf files.

  == Code Changes ==

  Facilities relating to the early job logging code -- which is already in the Ubuntu version of Upstart -- has been renamed. The early job logging facility ensures that jobs which *end* before the disk becomes writeable are cached until Upstart is notified of writeable disks by calling a new initctl command. When the feature was first introduced into Ubuntu, that command was called "flush-early-job-log", but now that the code is in Upstream Upstart, it has been renamed to the more descriptive
  "notify-disk-writeable".

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