Nut upsdev - Sep 2011 - Scheduling 2.6.2 release (was: on Ubuntu Developer Summit (Oneiric), NUT and 2.8.0)

Hey,

I'm scheduling a 2.6.2 release for max. September 15.

The content will be lighter than first expected with 2.8.0 (see below).
This includes the current trunk plus:
- merge the nut-scanner branch,
- some snmp-ups improvements (sysOID matching for init stage) and some more
MIBs,
- a first complete version of the nut-ipmipsu driver,
- the new jNut Java binding,
- preliminary support of systemd integration.

So if you have any patch that should be in 2.6.2, raise your hand...

The following are postponed to 2.8.0:
- the configuration library and tools,
- the PowerChain implementation (RFC #2 and #3 (not issued)),
- the NSS branch merge (need verification),
- the Windows branch merge (need consolidation and verification).

cheers,
Arnaud
-- 
Linux / Unix Expert R&D - Eaton - http://powerquality.eaton.com
Network UPS Tools (NUT) Project Leader - http://www.networkupstools.org/
Debian Developer - http://www.debian.org
Free Software Developer - http://arnaud.quette.free.fr/

2011/6/4 Arnaud Quette <aquette.dev at gmail.com>
> Fellows,
>
> I've been caught by real life, and didn't find time to share /
discuss this
> with you.
>
> I've been attending UDS Oneiric, from May 9 to 13 in Budapest, and had
a
> chance to present and complete some ideas around NUT:
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerOneiricInfraPower
>
> The end target is to have NUT ready to address infrastructures, both static
> like data-centers and flexible like Clouds.
>
> Part of the interesting NUT topics are:
> - the nut-scanner, which is a WIP,
> - the configuration library and tools, with some existing results (Augeas
> lenses)
> - the nut-ipmi driver, at first to monitor PSU (also WIP, first commit this
> week),
> - the PowerChain notion, which brings a global vision on both the
> protection and the supervision of the electric network.
>
> Part of this blueprint, and of a long run reflexion, I'm also
considering
> opening NUT to application data related to power (like PowerWake /
> PowerNap):
> the considered approach would be a driver that publish power related
> information from this app, and allow interaction (calling commands and
doing
> settings, as for actual devices). This is still subject to discussion and
> investigation, but it would really make sense to have NUT being a
"general
> power information provider".
>
> All these are scheduled for 2.8.0, around September. There will also be:
> - the work already done, like NSS support (as an alternative to OpenSSL)
> and the maturing Windows port.
> - a Java binding (jNUT), needed for Eucalyptus integration,
> - some work around Avahi and mDNS / DNS-SD.
>
> As usual, comments, feedback and help welcome ^_^
>
> cheers,
> Arnaud
> --
> Linux / Unix Expert R&D - Eaton - http://powerquality.eaton.com
> Network UPS Tools (NUT) Project Leader - http://www.networkupstools.org/
> Debian Developer - http://www.debian.org
> Free Software Developer - http://arnaud.quette.free.fr/
>
>
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On 11-09-05 13:36, Arnaud Quette wrote:
> Hey,
>
> So if you have any patch that should be in 2.6.2, raise your hand...
>
I was thinking about merging updated apcsmart driver, possibly with 
keeping old one as apcsmart-old, or apcsmart-legacy - just in case, 
should anyone run in some unforeseen issue - a switch to the previous 
one would be trivial.

If there're no issues, old one could be removed in some further version 
down the road.

On Mon, Sep 5, 2011 at 7:36 AM, Arnaud Quette <aquette.dev at gmail.com>
wrote:
> Hey,
>
> I'm scheduling a 2.6.2 release for max. September 15.
>
> The content will be lighter than first expected with 2.8.0 (see below).
> This includes the current trunk plus:
> - merge the nut-scanner branch,
> - some snmp-ups improvements (sysOID matching for init stage) and some more
> MIBs,
> - a first complete version of the nut-ipmipsu driver,
> - the new jNut Java binding,
> - preliminary support of systemd integration.
>
> So if you have any patch that should be in 2.6.2, raise your hand...
One minor thing: the @author tags in the javadoc comments should
probably have the angle brackets around the email address escaped as
"&lt;" and "&gt;", or the email address should be
dropped. At least
the version of javadoc on my system is treating the email address like
an HTML tag.

Other than that, let me know if you want help merging the nut-scanner branch.

-- 
- Charles Lepple

> One minor thing: the @author tags in the javadoc comments 
> should probably have the angle brackets around the email 
> address escaped as "<" and ">", or the
email address
> should be dropped. At least the version of javadoc on my 
> system is treating the email address like an HTML tag.
> 
Done in r3222.

BR

Emilien

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