(15-06-2017, 02:35 PM)z3bra Wrote: easier than anything else really. No complex variable, no surprise on what will run, no hidden framework to source... Just a shell script, that you can run on its own to test it

• The role of an init system is not limited to the role of a service manager, it's only one feature amongst others it can provide.
  
• The role of a service manager is not limited to simply starting the services it might also do the following:
  • Start daemons (whole detachment process)
    
  • Have some sort of order, be it synchronous and deterministic, or asynchronous dependency based, plus:
    • could be according to a simple list
      
    • could be according to some dynamic factors/events (socket, devices connected, new mount point, time based(periodic), file system changes, etc..)
      
  • Control and monitor the daemons (centralized way to do that)
    
  • Recover in case of crashes
    
  • Provide debug logs (dumps, traces) in case of crash
    
  • It could have a centralized log mechanism
    
  • Integrate some sort of IPC