Bug#263015: ITP: sblim-cmpi-base -- Base Instrumentation for CMPI (Linux)

[Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>]

On Mon, Aug 02, 2004 at 07:42:06PM +0200, Rafal Lewczuk wrote:
> Package: wnpp
> Severity: wishlist
> 
> * Package name    : sblim-cmpi-base
>   Version         : 1.2.6
>   Upstream Author : Heidi Neumann <heidineu@de.ibm.com>
> * URL             : http://www-124.ibm.com/sblim/
> * License         : CPL
>   Description     : Base Instrumentation for CMPI (Linux)
> 
> Base instrumentation allows getting very basic system information via 
> CIMOM infrastructure. It implements some basic CIM object classes,
> like Linux_ComputerSystem, Linux_OperatingSystem, Linux_UnixProcess etc.
> 
> This package is part of my bigger effort of adding WBEM capabilities to
> Debian System. This package requires a working CMPI-compliant CIMOM daemon 
> (currently only OpenWBEM is available as Debian package along with 
> this package). Current status of this package is a proof of concept,
> which means that I have a working package which still lacks many of 
> Debian policies. Final version will be available soon :)

There were so many unexpanded acronyms in this description (CIM, CIMOM,
CMPI, WBEM) that I have no idea what the package does after reading it.
Would you mind expanding the description a bit?

Thanks,

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Colin Watson                                  [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]