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<P class=28cd393b-d013-4093-ab03-c91362f9b02c><div class=WordSection1><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm"><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'>Da:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'> Arnaud Quette [mailto:aquette.dev@gmail.com] <br /><b>Inviato:</b> sabato 27 ottobre 2012 0.17<br /><b>A:</b> Massimo Zampieri; Elio Parisi<br /><b>Cc:</b> NUT Developers<br /><b>Oggetto:</b> Re: Authorization to publish the Riello UPS protocols<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>2012/10/26 Massimo Zampieri <<a href="mailto:M.Zampieri@riello-ups.com" target="_blank">M.Zampieri@riello-ups.com</a>><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style=mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Dear Arnaud</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style=margin-bottom:12.0pt><br />Massimo, Elio,<br /><br />first, please subscribe to the NUT developers mailing list (added as Cc of the present mail), since it's the best way to interact with the NUT project (i.e, publicly).<br /><br />@Elio: don't be afraid to introduce yourself and your work, and ask for advices on this NUT mailing list.<br />we're not the LKML, and no external developer was threatened during our development ;)<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style="border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm"><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style=mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>finally we have developed the NUT driver for our UPS. Added there are the sources.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm"><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style=mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Can you please tell me how they will be compiled? </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style=mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>We have used the Linux Ubuntu x86_64, and we keep the “experimental” for the driver.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></blockquote><div><p class=MsoNormal style=margin-bottom:12.0pt> <br />@Elio: please ensure that you conform to our development rules:<br /><a href="http://www.networkupstools.org/docs/developer-guide.chunked/ar01s03.html" target="_blank">http://www.networkupstools.org/docs/developer-guide.chunked/ar01s03.html</a><br /><br />without a thorough review, your attachment violates many points:<br />- C++ style comments,<br />- space indentation<br />- inline comments in Italian<br />- missing source reference of the derivative work (probably the blazer driver) and other part of headers<br />...<br /><br />on the patch submission:<br /><a href="http://www.networkupstools.org/docs/developer-guide.chunked/ar01s03.html#_submitting_patches" target="_blank">http://www.networkupstools.org/docs/developer-guide.chunked/ar01s03.html#_submitting_patches</a><br /><br />note that your patch misses:<br />- build rules in drivers/Makefile.am<br />- a manual page. Refer to docs/man/skel.txt and other files in the same directory.<br />- new entries in the hardware compatibility list (data/driver.list)<br /><br />then use "svn diff > ../riello.diff" from your subversion checkout directory, to produce the patch.<br />please compress the patch before sending it to the list.<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style="border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm"><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style=mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>So we wish to know for the other platforms how the porting will be done and also the time line.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></blockquote><div><p class=MsoNormal style=margin-bottom:12.0pt> <br />once approved, your patch will be merged into the main development tree.<br />compilation tests will automatically happen on our <a href="http://buildbot.networkupstools.org/" target="_blank">Buildbot QA</a> system.<br /><br />I've discussed this in length, in my previous (below) answer.<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style="border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm"><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style=mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Sorry if we ask you many question but we have no experience for this kind of shared development. For any question please don’t hesitate to contact me.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></blockquote><div><p class=MsoNormal style=margin-bottom:12.0pt><br />as told, please use the NUT developers mailing list. It's crucial to Free Software development!<br /> <br />cheers,<br />Arnaud<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style="border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm"><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style=mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Bye and thank you.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style=mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style=mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style=mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style=mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style=mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'>Da:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'> Arnaud Quette [mailto:<a href="mailto:aquette.dev@gmail.com" target="_blank">aquette.dev@gmail.com</a>] <br /><b>Inviato:</b> venerdì 29 giugno 2012 09:35<br /><b>A:</b> Massimo Zampieri<br /><b>Cc:</b> Elio Parisi<br /><b>Oggetto:</b> Re: Authorization to publish the Riello UPS protocols</span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style=mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style=mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto>Hi Massimo,<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style=mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto> <o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style="border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><p class=MsoNormal style=mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto>Finally we are ready to start the development.<o:p></o:p></p></blockquote><div><p class=MsoNormal style=mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto><br />good<br /> <o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style="border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><p class=MsoNormal style=mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto>My colleague Elio Parisi <a href="mailto:e.parisi@riello-ups.com" target="_blank">e.parisi@riello-ups.com</a> will be in charge of the development<o:p></o:p></p></blockquote><div><p class=MsoNormal style=mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto><br />please ask him to introduce himself on the development mailing list...<br /> <o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style="border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><p class=MsoNormal style=mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto>So we analyse the sources and we have some question for you:<o:p></o:p></p></blockquote><div><p class=MsoNormal style=mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto><br />there are developer documentation available too:<br /><a href="http://www.networkupstools.org/docs/developer-guide.chunked/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.networkupstools.org/docs/developer-guide.chunked/index.html</a><br /> <o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style="border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><p class=MsoNormal style=mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto>1) what is the operating system (Linux) that you suggest to install and use to compile and test the NUT<o:p></o:p></p></blockquote><div><p class=MsoNormal style=mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto><br />I would recommend Debian or Ubuntu, with the latest being a bit more easy to install and use.<br /> <o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style="border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><p class=MsoNormal style=mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto>2) Who will finally compile the sources, must we send to you the modification?<o:p></o:p></p></blockquote><div><p class=MsoNormal style=mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto><br />it depends on what you mean.<br />please refer to my previous answer: I do only release source code, though we continuously test the compilation status:<br /><a href="http://buildbot.ghz.cc/public/nut/builders" target="_blank">http://buildbot.ghz.cc/public/nut/builders</a><br /><br />as mentioned in the developer doc, we accept only patches.<br />once again, ask Elio to jump on the developers mailing list, and according to his knowledges, we'll drive him.<br /> <o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style="border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><p class=MsoNormal style=mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto>3) NUT will be ported also in other processors like ARM etc?<o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal style=mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto><br />NUT works on any architecture and operating system.<br />It's know to be bundled in lots of appliances, that are generally ARM based:<br />- <a href="http://www.networkupstools.org/projects.html#_hardware_projects_involving_nut" target="_blank">http://www.networkupstools.org/projects.html#_hardware_projects_involving_nut</a><br /><br />Buildbots and binary packages, such as in Debian, will give you some more visibility:<br />- <a href="http://packages.debian.org/sid/nut-server" target="_blank">http://packages.debian.org/sid/nut-server</a> (look at the bottom of the page)<br />- <a href="http://buildbot.ghz.cc/public/nut/builders" target="_blank">http://buildbot.ghz.cc/public/nut/builders</a><br /><br />cheers,<br />Arnaud<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div><p> <o:p></o:p></p><p><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Massimo Zampieri</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><div><p> <o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Technical Marketing - UPS Software Product Manager</span><br /><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>RPS SpA</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Viale 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