May 2007 Archives

I finished packaging the latest OpenNMS in Fink over the weekend. It's now split into 2 packages -- opennms (the main OpenNMS code), and opennms-pgsqlXX (the PostgreSQL database-specific code).

You can now use OpenNMS with any version of PostgreSQL you like, just install the proper pgsql entry (after optionally dumping and migrating your data), start up the proper version of postgresql, and you're set.

Also, I spent some time figuring out how the Debian packages are built, and updated them to 1.2.9 in the OpenNMS APT repository.

So I started my new job with OpenNMS monday, and after the requisite "help us clean up the support ticket queue" work that any newbie should be forced to go through (grin), I've been trying to get the latest OpenNMS release working in Fink.

I must admit, despite the fact that 1.3.2 came out in January, I'd been putting off updating it because they it had been converted to maven. Now, maven is awesome. However, it's not very compatible with the "build offline" way that packaging works in Fink -- not to mention a number of other packaging projects.

I've figured out the magic to make maven treat a downloaded tarball of dependencies as a repository, and have everything building/working now. (Yay) I'll put it in Fink tomorrow, after some testing, but it's looking good.

So that was quick.

It turns out I got an offer I couldn't refuse. In an odd twist of fate, I will be working on the OpenNMS code base, for the third time. (This one's the charm, right?)

I will be doing community-facing stuff, as well as helping out with all the little things anyone has to do at a very small company. I get to do what I love, which is: a little bit of everything. ;)

Thanks to everyone for their support, I guess I'll see you folks in #opennms on Monday! (OK, technically I'm already there, but man, that's not as poetic.)

So along with some other folks, I was laid off from my job at Raritan today. Although I'm disappointed to be leaving a stellar group of people to work with, I'm heartened by the outpouring of commiseration (and job offers!) from everyone. Thank you so much!

If you know of anything interesting for a Perl/Java/Mac/Open-Source/Geek kind of person, let me know. And check out my resume while you're at it. ;)

Apple has been kind enough to give a number of folks in the open-source community (including us Finksters) tickets to WWDC for the last few years, and this year I will finally have the opportunity to take them up on it.

If you're gonna be there, let me know and we'll figure out how to meet up. It's always great being able to meet people In Real Life that you've known online for years. ;)