# \[ANN\] win32-service 0.5.0

**URL:** <https://rubytalk.org/t/ann-win32-service-0-5-0/22804>\
**Category:** ruby-talk\
**Created:** [27 November 2005 01:47 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/ann-win32-service-0-5-0/22804 "2005-11-27T01:47:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![Daniel\_Berger2](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/rubytalk.org/daniel_berger2/32/2243_2.png) [@Daniel\_Berger2](https://rubytalk.org/u/Daniel_Berger2)\
**Post date:** [27 November 2005 01:47 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/ann-win32-service-0-5-0/22804/1 "2005-11-27T01:47:28Z")

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Hi all,

I'm happy to announce the release of win32-service 0.5.0

What's new?

> **···**
>
> ===========  
> The Daemon class now supports a service\_init hook. This was added to  
> allow service writers to perform any long running initialization code  
> that needs to happen before service\_main within the Daemon.
> 
> This was added when it was discovered that any initialization code that  
> took more than 2 seconds would cause the service to fail on startup  
> with a timeout error. Thanks go to Jamey Cribbs for the spot and to  
> Park Heesob for the patch.
> 
> # Where is it?
> 
> As usual, it's on both the RAA and Rubyforge:
> 
> [http://rubyforge.org/projects/win32utils/](http://rubyforge.org/projects/win32utils/)  
> [http://raa.ruby-lang.org/project/win32-service/](http://raa.ruby-lang.org/project/win32-service/)
> 
> Enjoy!
> 
> The Win32Utils Team