Upstart in Ubuntu 6.10, codenamed Edgy Eft.
Giusto per capire la differenza fra init e il nuovo Upstart in Edgy:
A dependency-based init daemon would start networking because it’s a dependency of the Apache goal, and would mount the filesystems because they are a dependency of both the Apache and gdm goals. If either gdm or Apache fail to start, this means that networking won’t be available unless it itself is a goal.
An event-based init daemon works the other way around; it starts off with a single event such as “startup” and everything else will be run by that or subsequent events. An event-based init daemon has no need for goals or runlevels, the system will boot as far as it can get with the available hardware; for a distribution, this means that the default installation can be far more flexible.
Networking will always be started if networking hardware is available, assuming the default configuration is for DHCP to be attempted. As with the dependency-based system, if no hardware is connected at boot time, Apache still won’t start. However, with an event-based system, if the network card is plugged in a few minutes later, once it’s been retrieved from the back of the sofa, Apache would be started automatically.
[Via linux.com]