Refactor scheduler functions

[mostafa]

Ticket(s)

Fixes #460

Description

Slight refactoring of the scheduler functions.

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Overview

Image reference	ghcr.io/gatewayd-io/gatewayd:1b54b7f	gatewaydio/gatewayd:latest
- digest	be22d4b5b3fb	383013efa302
- tag	1b54b7f	latest
- provenance		b6df86a
- vulnerabilities
- platform	linux/amd64	linux/amd64
- size	20 MB	18 MB (-2.3 MB)
- packages	144	140 (-4)
Base Image	alpine:3 also known as: • 3.20 • 3.20.3 • latest	alpine:3.20 also known as: • 3 • 3.20.3 • latest
- vulnerabilities

Packages and Vulnerabilities (6 package changes and 1 vulnerability changes)

• ➖ 3 packages removed
• ♾️ 3 packages changed
• 133 packages unchanged

• ❗ 1 vulnerabilities added

Changes for packages of type apk (3 changes)

	Package	Version ghcr.io/gatewayd-io/gatewayd:1b54b7f	Version gatewaydio/gatewayd:latest
➖	ca-certificates	20240705-r0
➖	openssl	3.3.2-r0
➖	pax-utils	1.3.7-r2

Changes for packages of type golang (3 changes)

	Package	Version ghcr.io/gatewayd-io/gatewayd:1b54b7f	Version gatewaydio/gatewayd:latest
♾️	github.com/gatewayd-io/gatewayd	(devel)	0.0.0-20241214123014-b6df86a6fe94
♾️	golang.org/x/net	0.33.0	0.32.0
			Added vulnerabilities (1):
♾️	stdlib	go1.23.4	1.23.4