OpenCM Alpha6 Released

Jonathan S. Shapiro writes: "The new OpenCM Configuration Management system has just released it's first external alpha (0.1.0alpha6) over at opencm.org -- brought to you by the same folks who are working on the EROS operating system. Being a 0.1 alpha release, it shouldn't be used for prime time development yet, but it's definitely ready for a first look. We've been using it internally for OpenCM development for a while, and we have officially moved EROS development over. It looks like most of what needs to be done toward a first release is cosmetic at this point. Alpha6 has been tested on RedHat 7.3. Porting and cleanup are underway for solaris and (soon) *BSD. People seem to be excited about this -- especially the OpenBSD folks. While you are over at the web site, have a look at the two papers on OpenCM from this year's USENIX and USENIX Security conference."

Comments

Manual:

[Hellkitten]

I just love this little pearl from the manual on the site:

This tutorial assumes that your name is "Jack."1

And then as a footnote at the bottom of the page

1. If your name isn't Jack, and you don't know your name, contact your local administrator for support.

The boldness is mine, the italics is theirs