Congrats! On Thu, Sep 4, 2025, 02:03 Ludovic Courtès <l...@gnu.org> wrote:
> We are glad to announce version 1.0.7 of the Shepherd, the next > bug-fix release in the 1.0.x series. > > Check out the web site to learn more about the Shepherd 1.0.x series: > > > https://gnu.org/software/shepherd/news/2024/12/the-shepherd-1.0.0-released/ > > • About > > The Shepherd is a service manager written in Guile that looks after > the herd of daemons running on the system. It can be used as an > “init” system (PID 1) and also by unprivileged users to manage > per-user daemons—e.g., gpg-agent, tor, privoxy. It supports several > daemon startup mechanisms, including inetd, systemd-style socket > activation, and timers. The Shepherd is configured in Guile Scheme > and can be extended in the same language. It builds on a simple > memory-safe and callback-free programming model. > > The Shepherd is developed jointly with the Guix project; it is used as > the init system of Guix System and service manager of Guix Home. > > https://www.gnu.org/software/shepherd/ > > • Download > > Here are the compressed sources and a GPG detached signature: > https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/shepherd/shepherd-1.0.7.tar.gz > https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/shepherd/shepherd-1.0.7.tar.gz.sig > > Here are the SHA1 and SHA256 checksums: > > a892febba32995e55443698e13af8f38f1f8a938 shepherd-1.0.7.tar.gz > 325a9b7581ee83a15115dfbfbcc247c9eb510f752549a23f3ae912a8ec727597 > shepherd-1.0.7.tar.gz > > Authenticate the code by downloading the corresponding .sig file: > > gpg --verify shepherd-1.0.7.tar.gz.sig > > The signing key can be retrieved with: > > gpg --recv-keys 3CE464558A84FDC69DB40CFB090B11993D9AEBB5 > > As a last resort to find the key, you can try the official GNU > keyring: > > wget -q https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gnu-keyring.gpg > gpg --keyring gnu-keyring.gpg --verify shepherd-1.0.7.tar.gz.sig > > It is bit-for-bit reproducible from a checkout of the ‘v1.0.7’ tag of > the Git repository. > > > • Changes since version 1.0.6 > > ** New #:input-port parameter for ‘make-forkexec-constructor’ > > This allows users to specify what standard input to use for the new > process > instead of the default /dev/null. This is similar to the > ‘StandardInput=’ > directive in systemd unit files. > > ** ‘make-forkexec-constructor’ terminates process when log is not created > (<https://codeberg.org/shepherd/shepherd/issues/25>) > > ‘make-forkexec-constructor’ would mark the service as stopped when its > #:log-file could not be created, but the corresponding process would keep > running. This is now fixed: the process is terminated when its log file > could > not be created. > > ** Service being replaced does not leak control fiber upon respawn > (<https://codeberg.org/shepherd/shepherd/issues/28>) > > When a service with a previously-registered replacement was respawned, it > would previously leave behind it a controlling fiber that would no > longer be > used. This would constitute a (small) memory leak, which could be > noticeable > on systems with long uptimes. > > ** Improve error reporting for wrong-type arguments > (<https://codeberg.org/shepherd/shepherd/issues/30>) > > It is not uncommon to mistakenly pass arguments of the wrong type to > public > procedures such as ‘make-forkexec-constructor’. They are now more nicely > reported, both in the ‘shepherd’ log and on the output of the ‘herd’ > command > when applicable. > > ** Avoid Bash-specific idiom in ‘./configure’ and in tests > (<https://codeberg.org/shepherd/shepherd/issues/31>) > > Use of ‘type -P’, which shells such as Dash do not support, has been > replaced > by the POSIXy ‘command -v’ in ./configure and in the test suite. > > ** Translations > > This version is fully translated in French, German, Romanian, Slovak, > Swedish, > and Ukrainian; it is partially translated in several other languages. > Check > out https://translationproject.org/domain/shepherd.html to help > translate it > into your language! > > > > Please report bugs to <https://codeberg.org/shepherd/shepherd/issues>. > Join guix-de...@gnu.org for discussions. > > Many thanks to everyone who reported bugs or contributed patches! > > Ludovic, on behalf of the Shepherd herd. >
