In addition to the recent release of [1]SysVinit 3.14 and [2]systemd continuing to tack on new features , the GNU Shepherd system/user service manager written in Guile Scheme is out today with a new release.

GNU Shepherd 1.0.2 brings predominantly fixes over the prior releases with the [3]Shepherd 1.0 release from last December. GNU Shepherd 1.0.2 now gracefully handles failures to create a service's log file, timers will now honor daylight savings time changes, various cron improvements, translation updates, and other fixes.

For those unfamiliar with GNU Shepherd, here's a look at their Guile Scheme based service file example:

Downloads and more details on today's GNU Shepherd 1.0.2 service manager update via [4]GNU.org .



[1] https://www.phoronix.com/news/SysVinit-3.14-Released

[2] https://www.phoronix.com/news/systemd-disk-image-boot-HTTP

[3] https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNU-Shepherd-1.0

[4] https://www.gnu.org/software/shepherd/