[Casper] Advice on package naming conventions?

[NATHANIEL.LINDLEY at spps.org]

Ric,

Here in K-12 land we may do things differently and I've changed naming 
conventions only once since starting.  I would be too hard to start over.  
 I set a couple Groups in Casper Admin for packages and scripts and name 
them with abbreviations from the groups.  Example, Curriculum is the group 
and "CUR-" is the prefix of the package name.  We also avoid using spaces 
in the package name.  I think that Craig might have showed me this process 
at our CCA class.   Now with Self-Serivce, I might be adding a group in 
there that is independednt of the type of package. 
I have these package and script Groups.
CUR  - Curriculm    (content related apps, Comic life, Google Earth, 
Everyday Math, SmartBoard, etc.)
ENT -Enterprise Apps  (Read180, FasttMath)
MM - Multimedia (iLife, Audacity, Adobe)
OS - OS packages (OS builds, Parallels, OS updaters )
PRO - Productivity (MS OFfice, Firefox, FileMaker Pro)
UEV - User Environment (dock settings, etc. )
UTL - Utilities (Recon, Text Wrangler, AV, etc.)

The ones I've added for Self -Service Printers, Primary and Secondary 
(grades) 

So far this is working, but I'm not sure it is the best way for everyone.
-Nathaniel

Saint Paul Public Schools, 
MN




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We're a large, multi-campus community college getting ready to deploy the
Casper Suite. We've just gone through the Jump Start and are getting ready
to build our base images, packages and configurations. As JAMF 
recommended,
we're planning on having a single "librarian" manage the entries on the
Casper server. 

Having been involved in similar ventures, I understand the value of 
setting
up a good naming convention system early in the game. We have a good 
system
for naming computers already in place, but it appears that we're going to
have a fair number of packages and a potentially huge number of
configurations on file.

I would greatly appreciate any suggestions or samples you can offer. Feel
free to forward any files or attachments directly to my e-mail address,
ric.getter at pcc.edu.

Thanks,
Ric

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Ric Getter
Portland Community College/Sylvania
Coordinator, Computer Resource Center
(503)977-8036


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