Bug#144980: ITP: sysadm-base -- provides infrastructure for system administration

[Josip Rodin <joy@cibalia.gkvk.hr>]

On Mon, Apr 29, 2002 at 02:39:38PM +0200, Cajus Pollmeier wrote:
> Package: wnpp
> Version: N/A; reported 2002-04-29
> Severity: wishlist
> 
> * Package name    : sysadm-base
>   Version         : 1.3.7
>   Upstream Author : SGI <rhino@oss.sgi.com>
> * URL             : http://oss.sgi.com/projects/rhino/
> * License         : (GPL, LGPL)
>   Description     : provides infrastructure for system administration
> 
> sysadm-base aka Rhino
> 
> Rhino is an infrastructure for building applications that configure,
> manage, and monitor hardware and software. Rhino provides a common,
> consistent, task-based, internationalized graphical user interface
> (GUI), with built-in command-line interfaces (CLIs) that system
> administrators can use to write scripts. Rhino applications consist of
> two parts: 
> 
> - Client-side GUI in Java. The GUI runs on any platform that has a Java
>   virtual machine, and it doesn't run as root or do setuid root. It can
>   enable the user to perform a single task; it can provide an organized
>   collection of tasks (with a built-in search mechanism); and it can
>   include GUIs for monitoring the system. 
> 
> - Server-side daemon and command-line interfaces. These can be written in
>   C++ so Java doesn't have to run on the server being administered. 
> 
> Rhino is the base of SGI's high availibilty solution "failsafe".

Rhino this, Rhino that, why not name it "rhino" instead? It's shorter and
simpler.

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