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

[James Hunt]

Public bug reported:

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".

** Affects: upstart (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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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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