Bug 433099

Summary:	[RFE] Please add smolt in the official RHEL distro
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5	Reporter:	Răzvan Sandu <rsandu2004>
Component:	distribution	Assignee:	RHEL Program Management <pm-rhel>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX	QA Contact:	Daniel Riek <riek>
Severity:	low	Docs Contact:
Priority:	low
Version:	5.4	CC:	mmcgrath, syeghiay
Target Milestone:	rc	Keywords:	FutureFeature
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
URL:	https://hosted.fedoraproject.org/smolt/
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Description Răzvan Sandu 2008-02-16 10:39:11 UTC

Description of problem:

Please include smolt (https://hosted.fedoraproject.org/smolt/) in the official
RHEL distro, so information about hardware people actually use can be gathered
more quickly and accurately.

A solid statistic about hardware usage will *enormously* accelerate writing
useful free drivers, usability and Linux acceptance in general.


Please consider also expanding smolt's usage and flexibility, by:

- encouraging smolt packages for other distros (like Debian, Ubuntu, Mandriva,
KiwiLinux, SuSE, Slackware...);

- reach an agreement to consolidate smolt functionality with Linux Counter
(http://counter.li.org). The latest is now relatively unhandy to use, since it
requires manual installation/periodical update of the „machine-update” script to
collect statistics;

- including smolt on various Live discs (and official RH rescue discs), since
it's a great tool for quickly collecting hardware data from unusual servers,
fancy laptops, etc., just booting from the CD.


Many thanks and regards,
Răzvan

Comment 1 Răzvan Sandu 2008-07-25 13:59:42 UTC

Hello,

Any news/plans about integrating smolt in official RHEL, please ?

Regards,
Răzvan

Comment 2 Subhendu Ghosh 2011-01-06 19:00:44 UTC

This enhancement request was evaluated by Red Hat Product Management for inclusion a Red Hat Enterprise Linux major release.

Red Hat does not currently plan to provide this enhanced functionality in the next Red Hat Enterprise Linux major release.

Red Hat values your feedback and will take this enhancement request into consideration for future major releases of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.