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[john]

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John van V. <address@hidden> described the package as follows:
License: other
Other License: My code will go out w/ the current GPL...

However, I have been using perl as a substitute for awk, sed and much of shell 
and I have a shruken perl to support this.

I would like to distribute this cutdown perl which is, of course, under the 
perl artistic license.  I can however make a script and send people to CPAN for 
the raw materials.

Thanks, John
Package: enhanced Linux System Deployment
System name: elsd
This package does NOT want to apply for inclusion in the GNU project

Description:
##My project does this and this and will do that and that
##Approximately twenty lines explaining the project in detail.

Hello,
My project is a an enhancement to the typical root Linux/Unix user.

The user is called sys_adm and he/she lives in /opt/sys_adm.

sys_adm includes very secure acl standards, the sys_adm group can see the files 
but only the user can execute them.

sys_adm includes a consistent cross platform compile and deployment system.  It 
creates packages in /opt/  (ex /opt/openssh) which includes all the libraries 
needed by the package.  Binaries and libraries used my many packages but not 
necessarily distributed w/ a GNU/Linux are kept in /opt/bin or /opt/lib. 

Each package has a typical init.d start/restart/shudown script as well as 
version, intallation, usage and removal text files in their top directories.  
The start-up scripts include binary and library path settings.

Deployment is done by \"emissions\", a tar/ssh/un-tar script which uses the tar 
optput to document and catalog the deployment.

You get the general idea.  While I have used it in big critical environments, 
its present need is to enhance CDROM only GNU/Linuxes in \"micro enterprises\" 
--small office/home networks.

After the explanation say:
It does not exist yet but I\'m working on it.
OR
It already exists and you can download the latest distribution at 
http://mydomain.foo/dist.tar.gz

Unfortunately... the CD that it was stored on was corrupted :(
I do, however have the binary and top level directories.  I am setting up my 
own \"micro enterprise\" and I will be mirroring to 
http://www.thelinuxsociety.net when it is reconstructed.


Other Software Required:
GPL Shells, Perl, Xterm, OpenSSH...  just the usual GNU/Linux tools.

Other Comments:
Hope you like it !!

John van Vlaanderen, address@hidden

I would like to support it commercially,  if home enterprise systems become 
more popular.