On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 7:37 AM, <makkalot@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wednesday 25 February 2009 05:43:16 am Arthur Pemberton wrote: > Hi, >> And actually implemented it better than I had in mind. >> >> My name is Arthur Pemberton, and I was just browsing through the >> Google Summer of Code 2008. And it looks a lot like this idea that I >> had in mind, except that i did actually start coding it, except for >> starting a file tree [1]. > ? >> >> So I am curious as to if working on this to kind of merge in my >> (incomplete) idea would be a welcomed GSoC project. >> >> So here is the idea I had: >> >> First of all, I named my idea LiCo (short for Linux Commander). The >> idea was to make point and click admin types comfortable with managing >> groups of machines (so forgive any proceeding Windows analogies). I >> was going to create a UI, the only part I actually started, with PyQt >> and use python over SSH to command n number of Linux machines to do >> simple operations: 'update machine', 'sync time', 'copy remote file' > > Func uses XML-RPC over SSL which is kind of better than ssh because it already > does all the serialization things between end points. There is already a UI > (web-based) FuncWeb written in Python and uses Func API directly. Definitely, doing it Func's way bypasses a lot of problems as far as I can see. > However a > UI written in PyQT maybe interesting also u can help improving the current > one. Agreed. >Also u can add new modules to Func as u said above 'update > machine', 'sync time', 'copy remote file' (i think we have them) if u want to > make some contribution. Agreed > Current modules are mostly written for fedora,redhat > machines having different modules for other platforms is also and interesting > idea. I can try, however, I am a Fedora/RehHat/CentOS user myself. >> >> A typical use case would be: >> 1) browse through machines and machine groups >> 2) choose machines machine groups (list of machines would be flattened >> internally) >> 3) Create a batch of actions to run against those machines >> 4) Hit the 'Run' button >> 5) Operations begin executing in the background (probably with the >> ability to attach a viewing window to any machine) > > The Funcweb already has them ;) > >> >> Features I had in mind: >> * plugin architecture (each plugin would handle its actions, and draw >> any required dailog boxes) >> * capable of handling valid combinations of: password login, key >> login, root login (sudo, su -) >> * be able to organize machines into non-exclusive groups >> > > The Funcweb already has them ;) except those : >> * run well across Windows, Linux and MacOS >> * could be "compiled" with py2exe for Windows. > > >> One significant differences between my idea and Func's actual >> implemntation (if I've read correctly) is that I was hoping to use ssh >> only, so the controlled machine would need no additional software, but >> I am not even yet sure how feasible that is so Func's approach seems >> more realistic. > > There was an idea of having a pluggable structure for supporting different > kind of conenctionns in Func (like QMF). That maybe a point u can play on if > interested. I can at least look into if its feasible, however the current approach seems to fulfill all the needs. >> >> Anyways, if the devs are interested and willing to mentor this as a >> GSoC project let me know. If not I'll be looking through your code and >> see how things are done as 'LiCo' was to be a long term learning >> project for me -- so your code would be very educational. > > I'm not a core developer but last year i was in GSOC2008 and spent some great > time with Func and its developers so, it maybe better to contribute to Func > project instead of reinventing the things ... I like to code, but I like to reuse code to get things done even more, so I would like to contribute either way. I will get a formal proposal written for the sake of GSoC. In the even that is accepted, I'll spend the summer playing with the code. -- Fedora 9 : sulphur is good for the skin ( www.pembo13.com ) _______________________________________________ Func-list mailing list Func-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/func-list
