$ rpm -qpi pdsh-1.7.6-72.i586.rpm
warning: pdsh-1.7.6-72.i586.rpm: V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 9c800aca
Name        : pdsh                 Relocations: (not relocateable)
Version     : 1.7.6                Vendor: SuSE Linux AG, Nuernberg, Germany
Release     : 72                   Build Date: Tue 23 Sep 2003 02:40:49 PM PDT
Install Date: (not installed)      Build Host: Shull.suse.de
Group       : Productivity/Clustering/Computing   
Source RPM  : pdsh-1.7.6-72.src.rpm
Size        : 149930                           License: GPL
Signature   : DSA/SHA1, Tue 23 Sep 2003 03:29:36 PM PDT, Key ID a84edae89c800aca
Packager    : http://www.suse.de/feedback
URL         : http://www.llnl.gov/linux/pdsh/
Summary     : Parallel remote shell program
Description :
Pdsh is a multithreaded remote shell client which executes commands on multiple
remote hosts in parallel.  Pdsh can use several different remote shell services,
including standard "rsh", Kerberos IV, and ssh.

Authors:
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   Jim Garlick <garlick>

The big advantages of pdsh really kick in when you combine it with genders (bug
130173).  That would give us a substantial advantage over SuSE.

rperkins posted this request in the associated IT ticket:
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>This is a tough one.
>Please fill out the applicable portions the featurezilla template at:
>http://lacrosse.corp.redhat.com/rhs/pm/docs/prodmgmt/process/feature_template_v2.txt

This _is_ FZ for this request.  No need for another.

>Specifically, we need to know what the status is upstream, what kind of target 
>architectures and platforms this would be for, etc.

Upstream is LLNL for this package.  This is not a kernel feature, it is a
user-space tool.  See the URL in the initial request for the upstream homepage.

The cluster-5.0 flag is going away....

Fixing Product Name.  Cluster Suite was integrated into the Enterprise Linux for
version 5.0.

This request was evaluated by Red Hat Product Management for inclusion in a Red
Hat Enterprise Linux maintenance release.  Product Management has requested
further review of this request by Red Hat Engineering, for potential
inclusion in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux Update release for currently deployed
products.  This request is not yet committed for inclusion in an Update
release.

Is this still a consideration for 5.1?  Would have to be a package add and need
someone to support it.

Also, since this is adding a package, changing component to distribution and
reassigning it to someone in pm.

Honestly, I think for RHEL 6 we'd use something like Func if we were going to go down this road.

Can we include this in EPEL?  I would like to work on becoming the maintainer.
I'm not discounting func, but the functionality with pdsh very useful for forking parallel commands with ssh, rsh, and general exec.

There is nothing that prevents a willing maintainer from maintaining a properly-licensed open-source package in EPEL.

Product Management has reviewed and declined this request.  You may appeal this
decision by reopening this request.

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.