Federico Barbieri wrote:
>
> Anthony Eden wrote:
> >
> > IMHO, I believe that JAMES should have an actual GUI interface for
> > management in addition to any command line management interface. This will
> > help in the overall acceptance of JAMES as an alternative to other mail
> > servers.
>
> +1 for a GUI or any improvment to RemoteManager.
> -1 for a specific GUI for James lifecycle conf etc. This is something
> belonging to avalon
> +1 for any tool for avalon.
>
> >
> > So here are some questions:
> >
> > 1.) Should the server be able to be run in GUI mode which will provide an
> > always on GUI? This could be activated by a switch on the command line.
> -1
> Any managment tool MUST be separated by the server itself. It will
> access the server trought socket, RMI or whatever but it is supposed run
> on a different machine.
>
> >
> > 2.) Should administration be done remotely, and if so over which protocol
> > (RMI, CORBA, HTTP, etc.)?
> >
>
> +1
>
> > 3.) Will JAMES need to be modified extensively to support a GUI management
> > interface?
> >
>
> No. The Component, Configurable etc component model allow easy
> integration of a managment structure.
>
> > 4.) How does Avalon fit in? (i.e. should a management UI be able to modify
> > the config docs?)
>
> Yes. Avalon is the only door for managing blocks. The current lack of
> managment tools in avalon makes it necessary to have at least the
> RemoteAdmin but I strongly belive that all effort should be aimed to
> make avalon a great management framework. James as well as any other
> block will inhetit naturally this managebility.
>
> My picture now is something like:
> I ask avalon: "list you currently running blcks"
> James
> Cocoon
> Slide
> Omero
> ...
>
> "Ok make me talk with James"
> [james managment interfaces istance] (Service, Configurable, RemoteAdmin
> etc).
> ...
>
> This way we can share managment tools (Gui, protocol, APIs etc.) with
> all guys from other project.
I completely agree with Federico's vision (of course) :)
--
Stefano Mazzocchi One must still have chaos in oneself to be
able to give birth to a dancing star.
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