perlunixsysadm-announce — Unix::Sysadmin Announcements

[Perlunixsysadm-announce] Alpha2 is Available

[Howard O. <hb...@eg...>]

I fixed several bugs which were causing the regression tests to fail. I also
made some minor doc changes.

http://download.sourceforge.net/perlunixsysadm/Unix-Sysadmin-0.01-alpha2.tar.gz

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Howard Owen  -  hb...@eg...  -  +1-831-477-1123
"Even if you are on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there."

[Perlunixsysadm-announce] Alpha Release Available

[Howard O. <hb...@eg...>]

I have released the first alpha of Perl - Unix::Sysadmin. It's availabe for
download at http://download.sourceforge.net/perlunixsysadm/Unix-Sysadmin-0.01-alpha.tar.gz
Unpack the tar archive and read the INSTALL document to get started.

This release works well at my place of employment. It makes certain assumptions based
on that environment. For example, the AMD code assumes old-style amd.map files and doesn't
work with the am-utils amd.conf setup. (The latest am-utils code will work just fine with
an amd.map file.) There are probably other implicit assumptions that I'm not aware of, so
please keep an eye out for that sort of thing.

The code fails the regression tests in test.pl, but works otherwise. I'll get around to looking
at the cause next week sometime. (I'm taking some time off.)

The setup program will throw the "no warranty" provision of your chosen license at you
and make you agree to it. The INSTALL file contains dire warnings about trying to run
the sample code without getting to know the source. I don't want to discourage people from
trying this stuff, but I'd like to be sure as possible that the code is not treated as
shrinkwrap. This is called an alpha release for a reason.

I'm holding off on uploading this code to CPAN until at least beta stage for the same reason.

Having said all that, I hope some of you find this code useful. I even hope a few folks
might be inspired to help out with the development. Either way, I hope you enjoy this
stuff.

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Howard Owen  -  hb...@eg...  -  +1-831-477-1123
"Even if you are on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there."

[Perlunixsysadm-announce] Unix::Sysadmin Dev R1 is Available

[Howard O. <hb...@eg...>]

Greetings. I've subscribed you to this list because you expressed an interest
in Unix::Sysadmin, my OO framework for Unix system administration. I'f you'd
rather not receive these announcements, drop me a line, or visit
http://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/perlunixsysadm-announce to unsubscribe.

Well, I jumped the gun on the schedule I announced earlier. I've created the 
Source Forge project for Unix::Sysadmin and uploaded my current working sources to CVS.
The project name is Perl Unix::Sysadmin, which translates to a Sourceforge Unix name
of 'perlunixsysadm'. The project website is at perlunixsysadm.sourceforge.net, and 
the Sourceforge page is at http://sourceforge.net/projects/perlunixsysadm. You can
check out the current sources like so:

cvs -d:pserver:ano...@cv...:/cvsroot/perlunixsysadm login 
cvs -d:pserver:ano...@cv...:/cvsroot/perlunixsysadm co Unix

The module name is 'Unix' which on checkout results in a hierarchy below your current 
working  directory suitable for pointing at with 'use libs'.

I'll be actively coding against the source in the public CVS, so expect lots of hits 
when you do a 'cvs update'. 

If you have any comments or suggestions after looking over the source, I'd love to hear
them. I'd be even happier if you decided you wanted to help on the design, coding or documentation.
In any event, thanks for your interest.

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Howard Owen  -  hb...@eg...  -  +1-831-477-1123
"Even if you are on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there."