= Summary =

General discussion on the direction Upstart is heading in.

= Ideas =

• interactive boot.
• full Upstart and SysV segregation (+ Upstart controlled shutdown).
• event log for problem determination.
• 'initctl kill [HTML_REMOVED] [HTML_REMOVED]'
• enabling user jobs.
• introducing user job logging.
• mountall plans.
• custom actions.
• cron replacement.
• conditional start/stop on condition, based on whether a particular job is available for. Examples being:   - dovecot+postfix   - nis+autofs
• ...?

= References =

• https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Upstart/Ideas
• https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2011-June/033402.html
• https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/upstart-devel/2011-August/001707.html

= Blueprints =

• https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/foundations-q-upstart-service-readiness

• https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/foundations-q-upstart-overcome-ptrace-limitations

• https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/foundations-p-upstart-for-admins

• https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/foundations-p-upstart-convert-main-initd-to-jobs
• https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/foundations-p-upstart-roadmap