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[Juuso Alasuutari <iuso AT sourcemage.org>]

On Monday 05 March 2007 23:20, Jaka Kranjc wrote:
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> > The init stuff is a possibility.  So is ledger... I would really like to
> > see ledger in our scm repository.  It's difficult for me to push it on
> > users or make it part of the install or anything when the project as a
> > whole doesn't really have hands on it.
>
> Ok, two confirmed candidates then.
>
> Ladislav, can you get the current ledger code somewhere public? Or send it
> to someone that can?
> What all do we want from this ledger2?

I think Ledger might be a good candidate. What I'd like to see in Ledger2 is 
automatization. It really puts me off that I have to manually send stuff 
over; call me lazy or evil, but I don't actually use Ledger at all because I 
tend to not bother. I want to be able to cast it -- consciously saying 'yes' 
to 'Do you give permission to automatically send DNA samples to the Overlords 
at planet Vulcan?' -- and have it set up a cron job for itself. It could then 
send an encrypted packet of data daily or weekly, and/or every time I cast 
something. We could also benefit from other features like automatic cast 
failure reporting etc.

Here's my feature request list:

- Cast and forget. Set it up once and it'll do its stuff unless you disable 
it.
- Init script. Let's have it start on each boot.
- Data encryption. Some SSL pubkey wizardry to make sure our users' log data 
is protected during transfer.
- Bug reports. A cast failure could trigger Ledger2 to automatically send in 
the logs. They could be sent immediately, or stored and queued to be sent as 
attachments with the next scheduled system report.
- Banking and credit card data. Just kidding!

I think I forgot some things I was going to say, but nevermind.

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        Juuso Alasuutari
[[ Source Mage GNU/Linux ]]

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