Re: [Savannah-hackers] savannah.gnu.org: submission of enhanced Linux System Deployment

[Loic Dachary]

        Hi,

        Could you please submit the project again with a URL to the
binary + the sources you have left ?

        Thanks in advance,

address@hidden writes:
 > 
 > A package was submitted to savannah.gnu.org.
 > This mail was sent to address@hidden, address@hidden
 > 
 > 
 > 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.
 > 

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