Just to add to the pool of ideas, here are some discussions on the topic:<br>
<a href="http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/02/05/2331259&amp;tid=156&amp;tid=130&amp;tid=4">http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/02/05/2331259&amp;tid=156&amp;tid=130&amp;tid=4</a><br>
<a href="http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/10/02/1553253&amp;tid=8&amp;tid=106">http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/10/02/1553253&amp;tid=8&amp;tid=106</a><br>
<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 11/16/05, <b class="gmail_sendername">Dimi Paun</b> &lt;<a href="mailto:dimi@lattica.com">dimi@lattica.com</a>&gt; wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Folks,<br><br>Since we are discussing a new init replacement, I think<br>we should consider a good API for it too, so that it services<br>can be controlled programmatically. At the very least, we<br>need to be able to:<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;* start/stop/reload/restart a service<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;* query its status<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;* wait for a service to start/stop<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;* a way for services to interact with the administrators<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(for example to ask for passphrases, etc.)<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;* a way to signal problems (probably D-BUS bases)
<br><br>I know this is blasphemy, but how about we start (at least<br>for inspiration) with the Services API from Win32:<br><a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dllproc/base/service_functions.asp">
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dllproc/base/service_functions.asp</a><br><br>For more info about Win32 services:<br><a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dllproc/base/services.asp">
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dllproc/base/services.asp</a><br><br>At the very least looking at other APIs will tell us:<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;* what we need to cover<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;* what we should avoid<br><br>What other APIs are out there? Does Sun have one?
<br><br>--<br>Dimi Paun &lt;<a href="mailto:dimi@lattica.com">dimi@lattica.com</a>&gt;<br>Lattica, Inc.<br><br>--<br>fedora-devel-list mailing list<br><a href="mailto:fedora-devel-list@redhat.com">fedora-devel-list@redhat.com
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