Idea for a spec

[Etienne Goyer]

Carl Karsten a écrit :
> terms: director and drones, queen and workers, king and pawns.  I'll use
> the
> first - the rest are too silly.

I like the beehive metaphor most.  It would fit the Ubuntu naming scheme
just right !

In any case, I would need a better naming scheme that "domain", "master"
and "clients".  This is much too reminescent of Windows.  While I take
some inspiration from what they do, I do not want potential users to be
confused by the naming scheme.  Ultimately, the goals and the way to
achieve them differs.


> Default configs that go beyond what any one package defaults to.  For
> instance,
> bind and dhcpd can interoperate, but they don't by default.

Exactly.  In my current vision, we would try to make services
interoperate in a sane fashion as much as possible.  DHCP and DNS are
prime target for that, but there are other parts that may benefit from
closer integration.  Also, everything that can be stored in LDAP, should be.


> GUI - as much as I love .conf files, I do see value in a GUI front end: 

As I said in the first post I made, I think a standardized way of having
services configured would help the writing of administration tools (GUI
included).  However, there is a tradeoff to be made between
standardization and flexibility.  Where the line will be drawn remain to
be discussed.

Personally, I believe we should first lay the foundation, while keeping
the ulterior motive of integrated administration tools in mind.


> 2 packages - one for the director, one for the drones.  Each has a GUI
> (like
> Webmin which I have only looked at once a few years ago) and depends on
> a set of
> packages considered common to any config.  The GUI can enable (install)
> other
> packages.  The drone gui may only be a "define director" dialog that has a
> button: "search for director" that does a port scan of the local
> subnet.  I am
> guessing you want all config done via the 'master.'

That's pretty much what I had in mind.


> plugin framework - Initially there will be just the 'core' packages but it
> should be easy to add additional package management (both install and
> config)
> later in time.

Good idea, I keep it.


> On the ubuntu-server CD, there could be options for Director and Drone,
> much
> like there is currently a LAMP option.

In my wildest dream, that's what I aim for.  Lots of work ahead, though!


Regards,

Etienne