The following module was proposed for inclusion in the Module List:
modid: Config::Apple::Profile
DSLIP: adpOp
description: Create & manage Apple Configuration Profiles
userid: AKKORNEL (A. Karl Kornel)
chapterid: 4 (Operating_System_Interfaces)
communities:
http://prepan.org/module/nY2FAS627N9
similar:
Mac::PropertyList
rationale:
Apple provides users with a way to configure Apple devices (running
iOS or Mac OS X) using ready-made configuration files, which Apple
calls Configuration Profiles. This suite of Perl modules is intended
to aid people who would like to generate their own configuration
profiles, without having to mess around with the XML themselves.
These modules use Mac::PropertyList to write out the XML. My
modules add functionality by giving the users a framework tailored
to configuration profiles. I also perform validation of client
input, making sure that numbers are numbers, making sure that all
required items are present, etc..
I brought up this release in perl.module-authors (under the subject
line "Correct placement for modules for making Apple Configuration
Profiles") and PrePAN (available at
http://prepan.org/module/nY2FAS627N9). I didn't get many comments,
but one comment I did get suggested placing my modules in Config::.
I did not want to do Config::Profile, because that was too generic,
so I chose Config::Apple::Profile.
I did consider requesting Apple::Profile (or something similar),
but it seems like those types of namespaces (Mac::, Win32::, etc.)
are for modules that only run on those platforms, whereas my modules
can run on Linux, BSD, etc. (as long as the prerequisites are
installed).
The repository is on Github, at
https://github.com/akkornel/Config-Apple-Profile
enteredby: AKKORNEL (A. Karl Kornel)
enteredon: Tue Sep 16 20:16:40 2014 UTC
The resulting entry would be:
Config::Apple::
::Profile adpOp Create & manage Apple Configuration Profiles AKKORNEL
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