On 19/07/07 at 18:07 -0400, Joey Hess wrote:
> Nico Golde wrote:
> > Do we need package descriptions anybody can understand even
> > without knowing anything about the topic or what?
>
> Compare the description for pssh as posted with the descriptions for
> what I assume are similar tools, cluste
On Thu, Jul 19, 2007 at 11:37:23PM +0200, Josselin Mouette wrote:
> Le jeudi 19 juillet 2007 à 09:02 -0700, Andrew Pollock a écrit :
> > Description : Parallel versions of the OpenSSH tools
>
> > These tools are good for controlling large collections of nodes, where
> > faster
> > alterna
On Fri, Jul 20, 2007 at 07:25:21AM +0200, Christian Perrier wrote:
> I just completed the translation of a few Hamradio packages and, wow,
> the hamradio jargon they use is about as intelligible as Sanskrit to
> me...:-). It even sometimes takes ages before one can *understand*
> that the package d
> > Do we need package descriptions anybody can understand even without
> > knowing anything about the topic or what?
>
> To an extent, yes. The expectation is that the target audience,
> which is a typical Debian user installing packages on a machine, should
> be expected to figure o
On Thu, 19 Jul 2007 18:47:59 +0200, Nico Golde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> Hi,
> * martin f krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-07-19 18:40]:
>> also sprach Nico Golde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007.07.19.1828 +0200]:
>> > "What are these tools good for? Mainly for controlling large
>> > collections of n
Nico Golde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Do we need package descriptions anybody can understand even without
> knowing anything about the topic or what?
A description that gives someone who has looked at the package because
they *might* be interested, enough information to decide whether they
wan
Nico Golde wrote:
> Do we need package descriptions anybody can understand even
> without knowing anything about the topic or what?
Compare the description for pssh as posted with the descriptions for
what I assume are similar tools, clusterssh and dsh.
Description: administer multiple ssh or r
> I don't know for the unix version, but the windows version of pscp can
> load putty configurations, which makes it quite easy to do fancy setups
> (like going through proxies and such) and be able to use them with pscp.
ah ok, seems I've missed some years of putty development since we have
cygw
Le jeudi 19 juillet 2007 à 09:02 -0700, Andrew Pollock a écrit :
> Description : Parallel versions of the OpenSSH tools
> These tools are good for controlling large collections of nodes, where faster
> alternatives such as gexec and pcp are not available.
What does this software bring ove
Le jeudi 19 juillet 2007 à 20:12 +0200, Nico Golde a écrit :
> > The problem here is that even people knowing something about the topic
> > can't guess what the package can be useful for.
>
> Its like have to know what parallel computing is just
> because you know what a computer is? Well if you
On Thu, Jul 19, 2007 at 10:57:35PM +0200, Bernd Zeimetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> >> Parallel scp (pscp)
> >
> > FYI (and if you don't already know) /usr/bin/pscp is also provided by
> > putty-tools.
>
>
> That's something I'm still wondering about - I can't see the advantage
> of pscp o
>> Parallel scp (pscp)
>
> FYI (and if you don't already know) /usr/bin/pscp is also provided by
> putty-tools.
That's something I'm still wondering about - I can't see the advantage
of pscp over scp. Putty is nice to have for all the people who switch
from Windows to Debian and who're used to
Re: Steinar H. Gunderson 2007-07-19 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> On Thu, Jul 19, 2007 at 09:02:02AM -0700, Andrew Pollock wrote:
> > Description : Parallel versions of the OpenSSH tools
>
> What exactly does this mean? What is the software good for?
And what does it do differently from the followi
also sprach Nico Golde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007.07.19.1847 +0200]:
> Do we need package descriptions anybody can understand even
> without knowing anything about the topic or what?
That would be ideal. Most of the time, all it takes is just a short
sentence.
--
Please do not send copies of lis
Hallo Russ,
* Russ Allbery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-07-19 20:12]:
> Nico Golde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > Do we need package descriptions anybody can understand even
> > without knowing anything about the topic or what?
>
> I think it's reasonable that if the package short description matc
Hi,
* Mike Hommey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-07-19 20:05]:
> On Thu, Jul 19, 2007 at 06:47:59PM +0200, Nico Golde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> > * martin f krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-07-19 18:40]:
> > > also sprach Nico Golde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007.07.19.1828 +0200]:
> > > > "What are th
Nico Golde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Do we need package descriptions anybody can understand even
> without knowing anything about the topic or what?
I think it's reasonable that if the package short description matches a
search for "OpenSSH", someone who knows OpenSSH should be able to work
On Thu, Jul 19, 2007 at 06:47:59PM +0200, Nico Golde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
> * martin f krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-07-19 18:40]:
> > also sprach Nico Golde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007.07.19.1828 +0200]:
> > > "What are these tools good for? Mainly for controlling large
> > > collect
Hello!
On Thu, 19 Jul 2007 18:02:02 +0200, Andrew Pollock wrote:
> * Package name: pssh
[...]
> Parallel scp (pscp)
FYI (and if you don't already know) /usr/bin/pscp is also provided by
putty-tools.
Thx, bye,
Gismo / Luca
--
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
with a subject of "u
Hi,
* martin f krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-07-19 18:40]:
> also sprach Nico Golde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [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 n
also sprach Nico Golde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [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 ba
On Thursday 19 July 2007 18:28, Nico Golde wrote:
> * Steinar H. Gunderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-07-19 18:16]:
> > On Thu, Jul 19, 2007 at 09:02:02AM -0700, Andrew Pollock wrote:
> > > Description : Parallel versions of the OpenSSH tools
> >
> > What exactly does this mean? What is the so
Hi,
* Steinar H. Gunderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-07-19 18:16]:
> On Thu, Jul 19, 2007 at 09:02:02AM -0700, Andrew Pollock wrote:
> > Description : Parallel versions of the OpenSSH tools
>
> What exactly does this mean? What is the software good for?
Quoting the website from the ITP:
"Wh
On Thu, Jul 19, 2007 at 09:02:02AM -0700, Andrew Pollock wrote:
> Description : Parallel versions of the OpenSSH tools
What exactly does this mean? What is the software good for?
/* Steinar */
--
Homepage: http://www.sesse.net/
--
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
with a subjec
Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: Andrew Pollock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
* Package name: pssh
Version : 1.3.1
Upstream Author : Brent N. Chun <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
* URL : http://www.theether.org/pssh
* License : BSD
Programming Lang: Python
Description
25 matches
Mail list logo
