Nut upsdev - May 2012 - Authorization to publish the Riello UPS protocols

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@Massimo: prefer to send references instead of actual documents,
whenever you mail to the list.
We have a 40Kb limit, to not overload our readers.
Please also avoid Microsoft OpenXML (Ie, .xlsx, .docx, ...) and prefer
PDF or anything else that is actually inter-operable .
Thus I've converted the XLSX spreadsheet to PDF.

To all: I've added online the documents sent by Massimo:
http://www.networkupstools.org/ups-protocols.html#_riello

I've also added a news entry on the homepage.

cheers,
Arnaud

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Massimo Zampieri
To: "nut-upsdev at ...org"
Cc:
Date: Mon, 7 May 2012 09:49:20 +0200
Subject: Authorization to publish the Riello UPS protocols

Hello again here added the 2 UPS protocol that can be posted on the
website without any problem.

Again please don?t hesitate to contact me.

Regards.

Massimo Zampieri
Technical Marketing - UPS Software Product Manager
RPS SpA
Viale Europa, 7
37045 Legnago (VR)
Tel. +39 0442 635807 - Fax. +39 0442 635107 - Mobile: +39 335 7170247
Skype Id: massimozampieri - VoIp:
E-mail: M.Zampieri at riello-ups.com
Web: www.riello-ups.com

2012/10/26 Massimo Zampieri <M.Zampieri at riello-ups.com>
>  Dear Arnaud
>
Massimo, Elio,

first, please subscribe to the NUT developers mailing list (added as Cc of
the present mail), since it's the best way to interact with the NUT project
(i.e, publicly).

@Elio: don't be afraid to introduce yourself and your work, and ask for
advices on this NUT mailing list.
we're not the LKML, and no external developer was threatened during our
development ;)

finally we have developed the NUT driver for our UPS. Added there are
the
> sources.
>
Can you please tell me how they will be compiled? ****
>
> We have used the Linux Ubuntu x86_64, and we keep the ?experimental? for
> the driver.****
>
@Elio: please ensure that you conform to our development rules:
http://www.networkupstools.org/docs/developer-guide.chunked/ar01s03.html

without a thorough review, your attachment violates many points:
- C++ style comments,
- space indentation
- inline comments in Italian
- missing source reference of the derivative work (probably the blazer
driver) and other part of headers
...

on the patch submission:
http://www.networkupstools.org/docs/developer-guide.chunked/ar01s03.html#_submitting_patches

note that your patch misses:
- build rules in drivers/Makefile.am
- a manual page. Refer to docs/man/skel.txt and other files in the same
directory.
- new entries in the hardware compatibility list (data/driver.list)

then use "svn diff > ../riello.diff" from your subversion checkout
directory, to produce the patch.
please compress the patch before sending it to the list.

So we wish to know for the other platforms how the porting will be done
and
> also the time line.****
>
once approved, your patch will be merged into the main development tree.
compilation tests will automatically happen on our Buildbot
QA<http://buildbot.networkupstools.org/>system.

I've discussed this in length, in my previous (below) answer.

Sorry if we ask you many question but we have no experience for this
kind
> of shared development. For any question please don?t hesitate to contact
me.
> ****
>
as told, please use the NUT developers mailing list. It's crucial to Free
Software development!

cheers,
Arnaud

**
>
> Bye and thank you.****
>
> ** **
>
> ** **
>
> ** **
>
> ** **
>
> *Da:* Arnaud Quette [mailto:aquette.dev at gmail.com]
> *Inviato:* venerd? 29 giugno 2012 09:35
> *A:* Massimo Zampieri
> *Cc:* Elio Parisi
> *Oggetto:* Re: Authorization to publish the Riello UPS protocols****
>
> ** **
>
> Hi Massimo,****
>
>  ****
>
> Finally we are ready to start the development.****
>
>
> good
>  ****
>
> My colleague Elio Parisi e.parisi at riello-ups.com will be in charge of
the
> development****
>
>
> please ask him to introduce himself on the development mailing list...
>  ****
>
> So we analyse the sources and we have some question for you:****
>
>
> there are developer documentation available too:
> http://www.networkupstools.org/docs/developer-guide.chunked/index.html
>  ****
>
> 1) what is the operating system (Linux) that you suggest to install and
> use to compile and test the NUT****
>
>
> I would recommend Debian or Ubuntu, with the latest being a bit more easy
> to install and use.
>  ****
>
> 2) Who will finally compile the sources, must we send to you the
> modification?****
>
>
> it depends on what you mean.
> please refer to my previous answer: I do only release source code, though
> we continuously test the compilation status:
> http://buildbot.ghz.cc/public/nut/builders
>
> as mentioned in the developer doc, we accept only patches.
> once again, ask Elio to jump on the developers mailing list, and according
> to his knowledges, we'll drive him.
>  ****
>
> 3) NUT will be ported also in other processors like ARM etc?****
>
>
> NUT works on any architecture and operating system.
> It's know to be bundled in lots of appliances, that are generally ARM
> based:
> -
>
http://www.networkupstools.org/projects.html#_hardware_projects_involving_nut
>
> Buildbots and binary packages, such as in Debian, will give you some more
> visibility:
> - http://packages.debian.org/sid/nut-server (look at the bottom of the
> page)
> - http://buildbot.ghz.cc/public/nut/builders
>
> cheers,
> Arnaud****
>
>
>
> Massimo Zampieri
>
>
>
> Technical Marketing - UPS Software Product Manager
> RPS SpA
>
> Viale Europa, 7
>
> 37045 Legnago VR
>
> Tel. +39 0442 635807 Fax. +39 0442 635107 - Mobile: +39 335 7170247
>
> Skype Id: massimozampieri - Voip:
>
> E-mail: M.Zampieri at riello-ups.com
>
> Web: www.riello-ups.com
>
>
>
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