Re: Bug#433812: ITP: pssh -- Parallel versions of the OpenSSH tools
On Thu, Jul 19, 2007 at 06:47:59PM +0200, Nico Golde <nico@ngolde.de> wrote:
> Hi,
> * martin f krafft <madduck@debian.org> [2007-07-19 18:40]:
> > also sprach Nico Golde <nico@ngolde.de> [2007.07.19.1828 +0200]:
> > > "What are these tools good for? Mainly for controlling large
> > > collections of nodes in the wide-area, where faster
> > > alternatives such as GEXEC and PCP are not available. For
> > > example, I use these tools on a fairly routine basis on
> > > PlanetLab to control hundreds of machines spread around the
> > > world."
> >
> > That says absolutely nothing. Use cases? Are pssh tools going to
> > enable non-deterministic system administration?
>
> Do we need package descriptions anybody can understand even
> without knowing anything about the topic or what?
> I mean the question is valid but why not just using
> $SEARCHENGINE? You will have this problem with every package
> being used for something you don't know...
The problem here is that even people knowing something about the topic
can't guess what the package can be useful for.
Mike
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