Re: ARK/Arusha Core Competence

Just my opinions:

> 	- third-party package builds and deployment,
> 	  like LUDE
> 	  http://www.iro.umontreal.ca/contrib/lude/lude2_toc.html
> 	  or depot
> 	  http://andrew2.andrew.cmu.edu/depot/depot.html

pretty much fully

> 	- operating system configuration, like cfengine
> 	  http://www.iu.hioslo.no/cfengine/ 

Some, but I never "got" cfengine - I tried to use it several times and it
never did "enough" for me.

What exactly do you mean by "os config"?

> 	- operating system completion and maintenance, like RedHat
> 	  RPM/rpmfind/up2date/autorpm, or Debian apt/apt-get/dpkg, or
> 	  Solaris pkgadd etc, or pick-your-vendorware. 

No idea...

> 	- bare-disk, initial formatting and installation of an
> 	  operating system, like jumpstart, kickstart, or vendor
> 	  initial install media.  

Probably not directly - I'm very interested in this and will be working on
this, as I've had to automate this across several OSes (Solaris, IBM, some
HP-UX, IRIX, and Tru64) and I want a set of tools to "do it right across a
number of platforms".

I will need to find a way to pay for this effort...

H