docs: rewrite README for current windows details, reformat

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### Windows Service Layer
The Windows service layer implements a legitimate Windows service that receives control signals through the Windows Service Control Manager (SCM). It uses Go project's [/x/sys/](https://pkg.go.dev/golang.org/x/sys) module (for [/x/sys/windows/svc](https://pkg.go.dev/golang.org/x/sys/windows/svc)) to interface with the SCM.
The Windows service layer implements a pseudo-Windows service that mimics the behavior of a real service, but does not actually run as a service.
- In development (i.e. ran directly, or with `go run`), the service layer detects this and runs as a 'debug' service, which imitates the behavior of a real service, but does not actually run as a service.
- The service is fully responsive to most standard commands, including Start, Stop, Pause, Continue, and Interrogate.
For local development, you can run and build directly, or use `task service` to quickly install a service. `task package` provides a quick way to build and package the application using WiX.
- This is required because tray icons are not supported by Windows services, as they run in the system space, and cannot interact with the user space.
Currently, I only have a MSI installer developed for Windows. I'm considering creating a specialized CLI-based installation method for Windows, one that will match the Linux experience, but that is yet to be completed.
### Linux Service Layer
The Linux service layer implements a systemd service 'notify' type service.
- Note that we don't take advantage of most modern systemd features, such as `notify-reload`, `ReloadSignal=SIGHUP`, and so on.
- This is because I use WSL2 as my primary development environment, which only has systemd v249.
- It uses the go-systemd package to interface with systemd, enabling proper handling of startup and reload signals.
@@ -44,39 +42,40 @@ The Linux service layer implements a systemd service 'notify' type service.
Currently, the Linux service layer is only installed via the `task service` command.
Ideally, I plan to provide at least two different methods for installation:
- A one-command remote bash script that will download the binary, install the systemd unit file, and start the service.
- An internal CLI-based method that provides customized systemd unit file generation & simple management commands.
### Feature Targets
- [X] Cross-platform Background Service (Linux, Windows)
- [x] Cross-platform Background Service (Linux, Windows)
- [ ] Windows
- [X] Windows Service Implementation
- [X] MSI-based Installer
- [x] MSI-based Installer
- [ ] CLI-based Installer
- [ ] Winget Package Publishing
- [ ] Linux
- [X] `systemd` Service Implementation
- [x] `systemd` Service Implementation
- [ ] CLI-based Installer
- [ ] Script-based Installer
- [ ] `systemd` Unit File Templating/Generation
- [ ] Smart `journalctl` logging bypass
- Application
- [ ] TOML Configuration
- [ ] Health Checks
- [ ] Tray Icon, Tray Menu
- [X] Structured Logging
- [x] Health Checks
- [x] Tray Icon
- [ ] Tray Menu
- [x] Structured Logging
- [ ] Configurable
- [ ] Better library (logrus, zap, zerolog, etc.)
- [ ] Testing
- [ ] Unit Tests
- [ ] Integration Tests
- [ ] Code Coverage
- [X] Development Tooling
- [X] Conventional Commits
- [X] GitHub Actions
- [X] Per-commit Artifacts
- [X] MSI Packages
- [x] Development Tooling
- [x] Conventional Commits
- [x] GitHub Actions
- [x] Per-commit Artifacts
- [x] MSI Packages
- [ ] Automatic Releases (GitHub Releases, Winget)
- [ ] Testing, Linting, and/or Formatting
- [ ] README Documentation Links