[Automated-testing] pdudaemon new release - 0.0.8

[Tim.Bird at sony.com]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Matt Hart
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> As there have been some big code changes to pdudaemon recently it felt like
> a good time to tag a release and also update the mailing list with the new
> features:
> 
> * direct drive support
> 
> Make command-line control requests to PDU drivers inside the pdudaemon
> project without needing to run the network service and use a client.
> 
> * device alias support
> A device alias is a free text field that maps to a specific pdu hostname and
> port in the pdudaemon configuration file. Once an alias is configured, remote
> clients (and the direct drive support) can make a power control request to
> the alias instead of needing to know the specific pdu and port.
> Automation systems can now easier outsource their power control
> configuration to pdudaemon and make requests with only their device
> names.

These two features are really great!  Thanks for letting us know about them.
 -- Tim

> I intend to add pdudaemon API support into LAVA for this very soon.
>
> * more drivers added
> - YKush USB hubs
> - EnerGenie USB PDUs
> - Generic SNMP driver - supports snmpv1/v3 with or without auth, to any
> MIB and control point. Includes examples for APC SNMP control.
> 
> * Usual bug fixes and documentation updates
> 
> 
> 
> Future work
> - Better document the configuration file options
> - move to asyncio/aiohttp to scrap the SQLite backend
> - adding support for more delay options
> - Home Assistant plugin ;)
> - Alternative to the JSON configuration file... YAML?
> 
> 
> PDUDaemon is on github at https://github.com/pdudaemon/pdudaemon
> On dockerhub at pdudaemon/pdudaemon
> On IRC at freenode #pdudaemon
> 
> I will be at ELC-Lyon/ATS this week, hope to see you there!
> 
> 
> --
> 
> Matt Hart