Call for input: customer contributed RPMS in the unofficial repository

[Hostmaster]

Fabulous Idea!

However, may I suggest something such as a CVS? Scripts and packages could then
be manageably improved over time by multiple people.

The only concern I do have is that anything that is customer contributed stays
open source. I think that there needs to be an agreement (GPL?) in place to make
sure that nobody's work gets "absorbed" without due credit.

Best Regards,

Richard Garner (AADP, A+, AMBCS)
Hostmaster


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-----Original Message-----
From: Michael E Brown [mailto:Michael_E_Brown at dell.com] 
Posted At: 31 May 2007 18:27
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Conversation: Call for input: customer contributed RPMS in the unofficial
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Subject: Call for input: customer contributed RPMS in the unofficial repository


All,
     As the maintainer of the unofficial Dell yum repository
(http://linux.dell.com/repo/hardware), I have noticed that we have had many
customers develop their own solutions for things like:
   -- raid monitoring (megacli, etc)
   -- system monitoring plugins things like nagios/etc.
   -- scripts to interface from openmanage to nagios/etc.
   -- openipmi interface Dell-specific stuff.

    I would like to know if anybody is interested in contributing RPMs with
these things to the unofficial repository for easier use by other customers.

    If there is interest in this, there are quite a few details to work out,
such as the submission process, security/digital signatures, support for
different OS, etc. But if it is worthwhile, I have support from my management to
work on something like this.

    So, I'd like to start a discussion the list to get people's feedback on this
idea.
--
Michael

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