#1137201 ITP: s6-rc -- dependency-based service manager for s6 systems

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2026-05-20 20:28:58 UTC
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* Package name    : s6-rc
   Version         : 0.6.1.1
   Upstream Contact: Laurent Bercot <ska-skaware@skarnet.org>
* URL             : https://skarnet.org/software/s6-rc/
* License         : ISC
   Programming Lang: (C, execline)
   Description     : dependency-based service manager for S6 systems

s6-rc is a service manager, consisting of a suite of programs that can
start and stop services, both long-running daemons and one-time
initialization scripts, in the proper order according to a dependency
tree. It ensures that long-running daemons are supervised by the `s6`
infrastructure, and that one-time scripts are also run in a reproducible
manner.
It provides commands to help organize service definitions installed by a
package manager, and is meant to be a backend to the `s6-frontend` package.

Shengjing Zhu has, thankfully, offered to be available as a sponsor for
this package.
Package development will happen on https://salsa.debian.org/sauermann/s6-rc