[Nut-upsdev] Request to add new nut variable to get device part number

[Charles Lepple]

On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 4:44 AM, Arnaud Quette <aquette.dev at gmail.com> wrote:
> I second Chetan:
> the part number can somehow be considered as the serial number.
> that is to say, an information that:
> - can be needed for support situations,
> - can help managing large systems, using NUT to feed a CMDB (1) system.
>
> Considering that some big names (like Dell) are starting to join, this is
> the kind of details that will help us in rallying such companies.

I agree that this information is useful, but I don't think we're ready
to add this. There is some cleanup that needs to be done first:
namely, cmdvartab still only lists the ups.* names (no mention of
device.*), and we are spread fairly thin on documentation updates.

Can we just #ifdef that variable out for now, and add it in once the
AsciiDoc branch has been merged (assuming we reach consensus)?

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- Charles Lepple