Is it possible to show a table with positive and negative aspects of administration tools? lwat CipUX GOsa
Thanks, Sergio Brazil 2010/10/21 Andreas B. Mundt <[email protected]> > Hi, > > once again a mail about the LDAP administration tool we need in > Debian-Edu. Since Petter's mail > <URL:http://lists.debian.org/debian-edu/2010/09/msg00110.html> > almost a month passed: > > On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 06:59:44PM +0200, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: > > Here is a short update on the LDAP admin status for Debian Edu based > > on Squeeze. > > The only changes I know of concern GOsa and the latest package in > squeeze which fixes the password exposure issue; now you need to > be either root or www-data to see the environment in the process > list. Changes to debian-edu-config are minimal, I will apply them as > soon as 2.6.11-2 enters squeeze, which should happen in approximately > a week from now. The mass creation of users works in my tests too. > > Please add information about progress on the other tools mentioned. > > My question is: > > What is the plan? Almost since the beginning of this year we decide > *not* to decide anything at all concerning LDAP administration. I > think this is fine for some time, to see how things evolve. > > But at some point it just takes away motivation and leads to a passive > waiting for the things to come. Nobody wants to spend his time on > things that are rejected in the end. > > How long do we want to continue waiting and for what? For another > alternative tool turning up at the horizon that promises everything? > Squeeze+1? Miracles? Or do we prefer to have 2 half-baked > administration tools, one for users and groups, one for machines and > netgroups, a couple of scripts to add users and ldapvi for all > remaining stuff? > > In my opinion it is better to accept that there is no perfect tool > available at the moment (and perhaps forever), and to decide _now_ > which administration tool we want to ship for squeeze. After that > decision, it makes sense to complete the integration. There should be > time left to test and look into remaining issues and fixes, to > document and prepare the manual. > > So let's name things by their names: > > As Petter already listed, we have 3 candidates: CipUX, GOsa and > lwat. (Or is there already another one approaching?) > > Which tool do we ship for squeeze? (And keep in mind: not deciding is > also a decision, but I doubt it's the best one for > Debian-Edu/skolelinux a couple (?) of months before squeeze release). > > Regards, > > Andi > > > > > > > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [email protected] > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20101021151712.ga29...@flashgordon > >
