Call for input: customer contributed RPMS in the unofficial repository

[Michael E Brown]

On Thu, May 31, 2007 at 07:04:44PM +0100, Hostmaster wrote:
> Fabulous Idea!
> 
> However, may I suggest something such as a CVS? Scripts and packages could then
> be manageably improved over time by multiple people.

We have public git repositories available (http://linux.dell.com/git).
They are currently read-only, but I have a few ideas for how to make
them read/write. Most probably anything I set up would be based upon git
repos.

> 
> 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.

It is absolutely not our intention to "absorb" anything. I'm simply
trying to provide a useful service to our customers. The repos would be
open to any software with OSI-approved licensing.

IF any of the customer-contributed stuff ever became interesting to the
folks who do OpenManage, they would absolutely comply with any licensing
on the contributed packages.
--
Michael

> 
> 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
> repository
> Subject: Call for input: customer contributed RPMS in the unofficial repository
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> 
> 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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