Yes, I agree that there should be another roll of the software and more
integration. I even think it would be good to back-rev that work so that a
package could be created for all of our older platforms. However, as I'm
working in manufacturing and not engineering, I do not have time in my work
week to do this. Any effort on my part is voluntary and on my off time. As
I'm in the process of getting married next Sunday, I don't have much off
time available.
I feel for you, and agree for the most part with what you have to say. I am
also sorry that I didn't pick up the code additions that you offered when
you first ran through the exercise of getting the GUI working. However, I
think I'm going to be more effective in helping if I offer my help to
Michael Dierker on this list who offered to compile in a newer version of
the network UPS tools rather than wait for a "Cobalt" update. In fact, if
we code this in the right manner, we can probably roll our code into the
official NUT project and then updates to the generic open source project
will automatically have hooks for cobalt products in them and we won't be
dependant on Cobalt's engineering staff for updates. This would probably be
a better solution for all parties.