[Bug 469931] Review Request: ipmiutil - IPMI Management Utilities

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--- Comment #2 from Andy Cress <arcress at users.sourceforge.net>  2008-11-05 10:52:50 EDT ---
Created an attachment (id=322599)
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A comparison of common IPMI open source packages

A good question that I have been asked before.  There is significant overlap
between the two, with the key difference being the architectural approach: 
ipmiutil is more top-down with the focus being to optimize common management
tasks, while ipmitool is more bottom-up with the focus being to expose granular
IPMI features.  ipmiutil was started in 2001, while ipmitool was started in
2003.  Attached is my assessment of a feature comparison, including the
relative advantages of each.  There are precedents for making more than one
choice available in the same space, and given that ipmiutil currently has a
significant installed base, it makes sense to include it in Fedora, since SLES,
MontaVista, and RedFlag have also included it.  
ipmiutil project stats, avg over last 60 days: (as of 11/04/08)
    325   Hits/day
    134   Pages/day
     28.3 MB/day
      9.4 Downloads/day

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