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omniNotify FAQ...

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Top-level questions:


Full list of questions:


1.  What is omniNotify?

1a.  Why is it free?

1b.  Describe how it released under GPL/LGPL?

1c.  What organizations/projects are using it?

 

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  2.  What is the development status?

2a.  What is in the current release?

2b.  What is not in the current release?

2c.  What is coming next?

2d.  What was in past releases?

2e.  What platforms does it work on?

2f.  How do I port to another platform?

2g.  Does omniNotify pass the DSTC conformance tests?

 

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3.  How do I get it?

3a.  How do I use CVS to checkout the source?

3b.  How do I get the source tarball?

3c.  How do I get a source snapshot?

3d.  How do I get a binary tarball?

3e.  What about older versions?

 

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4.  How do I install it?

 

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  5.  How do I use it?

5a.  How do I run the notifd daemon?

5b.  How do I run the example clients?

5c.  How do I develop my own clients?

5d.  How do I use the QoS features?

 

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6.  What about bugs/patches?

6a.  How do I report a bug?

6b.  What bugs have been reported?

6c.  What patches are available?

 

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  7.  How do I modify the library or daemon?

7a.  What is the BOA => POA issue?

 

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  8.  How do I get more information about omniNotify?

8a.  What is the omniNotify home page?

8b.  How do I contact the AT&T omniNotify team?

8c.  How do I join the omniNotify mailing list?

8d.  How do I search the omniNotify mailing list archive?

 

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  9.  How do I get more information about omniORB?

9a.  What is the omniORB home page?

9b.  How do I contact the AT&T omniORB team?

9c.  How do I join the omniORB mailing list?

9d.  How do I search the omniORB mailing list archive?

 

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10.  How do I get more information about notification services?

10a.  What other CosNotification implementations are there?

10b.  Are there published papers about omniNotify?

10c.  What are some other links regarding notification services?

 

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Revised: October 09, 2000.

 


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