Hi Ram, The next step is to have the community decide on the donation.
Therefore, I have sent out an email to kick off the VOTE for accepting the code into a separate branch from master. DL > -----Original Message----- > From: Ram Ganesh [mailto:ram.gan...@citrix.com] > Sent: 21 October 2013 15:38 > To: dev@cloudstack.apache.org > Subject: RE: [Discuss] Donation of RDP client code > > Are we looking good with the donation code and can we make progress to > get this code into a private branch? > > Thanks, > RamG > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Donal Lafferty [mailto:donal.laffe...@citrix.com] > > Sent: 21 October 2013 18:37 > > To: dev@cloudstack.apache.org > > Subject: RE: [Discuss] Donation of RDP client code > > > > Hi Wei ZHOU, > > > > Thank you for your positive feedback. > > > > Adding the console to the systemVM would happen after a donation, > > because we would want to do the integration in public. Therefore, it > > would be premature to contact Hugo about his system VM work. > > > > DL > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Wei ZHOU [mailto:ustcweiz...@gmail.com] > > > Sent: 17 October 2013 18:15 > > > To: dev@cloudstack.apache.org > > > Subject: Re: [Discuss] Donation of RDP client code > > > > > > It looks very nice. Thanks! > > > > > > Hugo are working on the refactor of systemvm. Maybe it need to be > > > modified. > > > > > > > > > 2013/10/17 Donal Lafferty <donal.laffe...@citrix.com> > > > > > > > This donation addresses our need for an RDP client free of IP > > > > restrictions that can be included with Apache CloudStack's console VM. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > RDP is of interest, because Hyper-V exposes VM consoles over RDP. > > > > However, Apache CloudStack does not have an RDP client that is > > > > easy to build, can easily run in the console VM, and has no IP > dependencies. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The donated code addresses this gap. The source is for an > > > > all-Java solution, which meets the console VM's expectations of a > > > > Java-based renderer. A Maven pom.xml is included that can be > > > > incorporated in the Apache CloudStack build. Finally, the code > > > > has no significant IP dependencies. Only JUnit 3.8.1 (Common > > > > Public License Version > > > > 1.0) and tomcat-embed-core 7.0.30 (Apache License, Version 2.03) > > > > are referenced by the pom.xml. No third party Java code is used or > included. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The client's source is in the diff attached to the Review Board > > > > submission https://reviews.apache.org/r/14701/ This submission > > > > includes technical details in the description field. The code was > > > > developed for Citrix Systems by a contractor. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Note that the client still has to be integrated with console system VM. > > > > However, it makes more sense to do this after we're certain that > > > > the client will go into ACS. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Please have a look, all opinions welcome! > > > > > > > >