Re: welcome to Arusha!

Hi, Jim (and others) -- Arusha land is pretty quiet, but still
here...  On your various remarks:

> 1.) A sidai suggestion: sidai/package/rsync.xml has a phrase in the
> <patch> section that names a bunch of rsync versions.  I think the
> sense of the test should be reversed, so it tests *for* [
> "$PKG_VERSION" = "2.5.5" ] and defaults to : ok # no worries, mate.
> (The "doesn't need a patch" list is already out of date, 2.6.6 is out
> and the build fails because of this...)

*Yes*.  There are many instances of equally egregious code.  Reason:
the shortest path to success is to add '-o <new-version>' and move on.
But, this being "collaborative sysadmin", I guess I'll need to do
better 

> 2.) Mostly a statement: the 'how do I migrate from the "try-ark" mode
> to a real site' instructions are .... lacking.  I got a bit frustrated
> trying to discover in which dark corner the magic config file that was
> causing certain behavior lived... turned out I had a mixture of old
> and new happening, and didn't know that, because of the level of magic
> involved.  At that early phase of maturity, this needs to be smoother.
> (I know -- send patches...  :)

Urgh.  I _do_ tend to test that stuff before releases (which are now
about a year apart -- CVS updates happen, of course...), but of course
I never see it with newbie eyes.  All advice welcome...

> 3.) Newbie Q: what happens if a machine is down when a deploy/reveal
> command is issued?  Is there anything akin to "self-healing state
> management" in here?