I was not aware snapshot does all that. That answers my question. On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 4:02 PM, Douglas Hubler <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 7:26 AM, Alfred Campbell <[email protected]> wrote: >> 1. Don't think removing the s/w information from the bottom of the admin >> pages is a good thing. This is beneficial to support folks. If it was to >> be removed I could see the User Portal being the place. > > Most people think to use the about box to determine the version and > build number. It may be beneficial to have this in the footer of > every page because support folks know it's there now and removing it > means they don't have to learn to start looking in the about box, but > otherwise if every software tool you used took up real estate to tell > you the machine the system was built on, you might find that annoying. > > This is not a huge deal, but just stating my opinion that i think it > should be removed from every footer page. > >> 2. Looks like you have started a software inventory page in the About. >> This is a great feature however it needs to be something that is >> complete and not just list a couple components. This should be something >> that is automatic and queries RPM's/JAR files to obtain the relevant >> license and names. Otherwise what you have here is a static page that >> could potentially become out of date unless manually updated. > > sipXconfig represents the entire system and therefore you'd have to > list 252 jars and it's hard to decide where to draw the line at rpms. > My system has 1524 rpms installed. So listing 1776 packages in the > about box while accurate takes on a separate purpose and that is more > as a diagnostic reporting tool, kinda like Tony mentioned that is > already mostly handled by the snapshot tool. > > I think the intent was to pay tribute to some of the packages that > developers find core to the product. If a package plays a small role, > i don't think it needs to be highlighted here, there is no legal > obligation. If a developer would like nominate something to the list, > i doubt there will be any push back. Put another way free source > helping advertise other free source, not a diagnostic tool. > Therefore, version numbers are not critical, let snapshot handle that. > > I'd rather there be no list than investing time in auto-generating a > list with version numbers repeating what snapshot already does. > _______________________________________________ > sipx-dev mailing list [email protected] > List Archive: http://list.sipfoundry.org/archive/sipx-dev > Unsubscribe: http://list.sipfoundry.org/mailman/listinfo/sipx-dev > sipXecs IP PBX -- http://www.sipfoundry.org/ >
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