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list David Peters · Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:53:51 +1000 ·
I sent an email to Henrik some time ago about getting access to be able to
check in bug fixes via svn but got no reply. Is the current list of
developers locked or did I miss something?
list T.J. Yang · Tue, 23 Jun 2009 08:29:34 -0500 ·
Hi, David

Please send him email again, the email may got lost (of attention) given mass emails he got.


T.J. Yang
quoted from David Peters

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Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:53:51 +1000
Subject: [hobbit] Hobbit developer access.


I sent an email to Henrik some time ago about getting access
to be able to check in bug fixes via svn but got no reply. Is the current list
of developers locked or did I miss something?

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list Buchan Milne · Wed, 24 Jun 2009 09:05:57 +0200 ·
quoted from David Peters
On Tuesday 23 June 2009 11:53:51 David Peters wrote:
I sent an email to Henrik some time ago about getting access to be able to
check in bug fixes via svn but got no reply. Is the current list of
developers locked or did I miss something?
AFAIK, no. Henrik is probably just over-worked.

I am listed (to maintain the devmon collector module).

BTW, what are your plans for the xymon-addons project? I think I should start putting some of our extensions somewhere, and I would prefer something with VCS (which is why I haven't put anything on The Shire), and I think it would be beneficial to users if releases (e.g. tarballs) were made with consistent deployment  methods for all extensions.

If you think it's a good idea, please add 'buchanmilne' as a developer with commit access to xymon-addons.

Regards,
Buchan
list Padraig Lennon · Wed, 24 Jun 2009 09:18:13 +0200 ·
This brings up a good point.. We use Xymon extensively at my company but
I'm worried about the lack of a long term outlook for the project. 
Is there a roadmap for Xymon? If there is where are we on it? If there
is not should we as a community draw up one? 
Just wondering what people think.. I personally love xymon, but its
getting harder to sell it to management..


Padraig Lennon
Senior Systems Engineer
Production Services
Pioneer Global Investments (Dublin)
5th Floor Georges Quay Plaza, Dublin 2
ext: XXXX
Direct dial: 00353 1 480 2081
quoted from Buchan Milne

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From: Buchan Milne [mailto:user-9b139aff4dec@xymon.invalid] Sent: 24 June 2009 08:06
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Cc: David Peters
Subject: Re: [hobbit] Hobbit developer access.

On Tuesday 23 June 2009 11:53:51 David Peters wrote:
I sent an email to Henrik some time ago about getting access to be
able to
check in bug fixes via svn but got no reply. Is the current list of
developers locked or did I miss something?
AFAIK, no. Henrik is probably just over-worked.

I am listed (to maintain the devmon collector module).

BTW, what are your plans for the xymon-addons project? I think I should
start putting some of our extensions somewhere, and I would prefer something
with VCS (which is why I haven't put anything on The Shire), and I think it
would be beneficial to users if releases (e.g. tarballs) were made with
consistent deployment  methods for all extensions.

If you think it's a good idea, please add 'buchanmilne' as a developer
with commit access to xymon-addons.

Regards,
Buchan


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list David Peters · Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:05:29 +1000 ·
I have added you to the project, are you comfortable using SVN?

The structure I am trying to stick to is xymon-addons/package/version and
xymon-addons/package/trunk. 
quoted from Buchan Milne


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From: Buchan Milne [mailto:user-9b139aff4dec@xymon.invalid] 
Sent: Wednesday, 24 June 2009 5:06 PM
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Cc: David Peters
Subject: Re: [hobbit] Hobbit developer access.

On Tuesday 23 June 2009 11:53:51 David Peters wrote:
I sent an email to Henrik some time ago about getting access to be able to
check in bug fixes via svn but got no reply. Is the current list of
developers locked or did I miss something?
AFAIK, no. Henrik is probably just over-worked.

I am listed (to maintain the devmon collector module).

BTW, what are your plans for the xymon-addons project? I think I should
start 
putting some of our extensions somewhere, and I would prefer something with 
VCS (which is why I haven't put anything on The Shire), and I think it would

be beneficial to users if releases (e.g. tarballs) were made with consistent

deployment  methods for all extensions.

If you think it's a good idea, please add 'buchanmilne' as a developer with 
commit access to xymon-addons.

Regards,
Buchan
list T.J. Yang · Wed, 24 Jun 2009 11:15:24 -0500 ·
quoted from Padraig Lennon
Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 09:18:13 +0200
From: user-7738cfcc6ae0@xymon.invalid
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: RE: [hobbit] Hobbit developer access.

This brings up a good point.. We use Xymon extensively at my company but
I'm worried about the lack of a long term outlook for the project.
Same here in regard of xymon deployment. But what I am worry about is that we still don't have a team of developers to develop xymon(hobbit). we(including me ;) are still relying solely on henrik's free development effort.
quoted from Padraig Lennon
Is there a roadmap for Xymon?
If there is where are we on it? If there
is not should we as a community draw up one?
Can you put down what you like to see in this url ?

http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/System_Monitoring_with_Xymon/Developer_Guide#Development_Road_Map

But put down wish lists is one thing, getting it done by others is another.
Not many xymon developers know C and xymon program architecture and also have free time to work on features in the roadmap.
quoted from Padraig Lennon
Just wondering what people think.. I personally love xymon, but its
getting harder to sell it to management..

tj
quoted from David Peters
Padraig Lennon
Senior Systems Engineer
Production Services
Pioneer Global Investments (Dublin)
5th Floor Georges Quay Plaza, Dublin 2
ext: XXXX
Direct dial: 00353 1 480 2081

-----Original Message-----
From: Buchan Milne [mailto:user-9b139aff4dec@xymon.invalid]
Sent: 24 June 2009 08:06
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Cc: David Peters
Subject: Re: [hobbit] Hobbit developer access.

On Tuesday 23 June 2009 11:53:51 David Peters wrote:
I sent an email to Henrik some time ago about getting access to be
able to
check in bug fixes via svn but got no reply. Is the current list of
developers locked or did I miss something?
AFAIK, no. Henrik is probably just over-worked.

I am listed (to maintain the devmon collector module).

BTW, what are your plans for the xymon-addons project? I think I should
start
putting some of our extensions somewhere, and I would prefer something
with
VCS (which is why I haven't put anything on The Shire), and I think it
would
be beneficial to users if releases (e.g. tarballs) were made with
consistent
deployment methods for all extensions.

If you think it's a good idea, please add 'buchanmilne' as a developer
with
commit access to xymon-addons.

Regards,
Buchan

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list T.J. Yang · Wed, 24 Jun 2009 11:28:47 -0500 ·
quoted from T.J. Yang
From: user-9b139aff4dec@xymon.invalid
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 09:05:57 +0200
CC: user-66917457e380@xymon.invalid
Subject: Re: [hobbit] Hobbit developer access.

On Tuesday 23 June 2009 11:53:51 David Peters wrote:
I sent an email to Henrik some time ago about getting access to be able to
check in bug fixes via svn but got no reply. Is the current list of
developers locked or did I miss something?
AFAIK, no. Henrik is probably just over-worked.
I am listed (to maintain the devmon collector module).

BTW, what are your plans for the xymon-addons project? I think I should start
putting some of our extensions somewhere, and I would prefer something with
VCS (which is why I haven't put anything on The Shire), and I think it would
be beneficial to users if releases (e.g. tarballs) were made with consistent
deployment methods for all extensions.
Currently, hobbit src tree has empty ext directories after un-packed.
I am hoping to see more xymon-addons in the ext directories of both xymon client and server src tree, These xymon-addons include more add-on that are ported from bb or solely for xymon. 

but doing so means all the xymon-addon authors need to have write access to xymon svn respository server. This is another adminitration overhead that someone need to take on.


tj
quoted from T.J. Yang
If you think it's a good idea, please add 'buchanmilne' as a developer with
commit access to xymon-addons.

Regards,
Buchan

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list Stef Coene · Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:55:24 +0200 ·
quoted from T.J. Yang
On Wednesday 24 June 2009, T.J. Yang wrote:
Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 09:18:13 +0200
From: user-7738cfcc6ae0@xymon.invalid
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: RE: [hobbit] Hobbit developer access.

This brings up a good point.. We use Xymon extensively at my company but
I'm worried about the lack of a long term outlook for the project.
Same here in regard of xymon deployment. But what I am worry about is that
we still don't have a team of developers to develop xymon(hobbit).
we(including me ;) are still relying solely on henrik's free development
effort.
There was a discussion when Henrik was out for a few weeks.  And it was clear that there were enough volunteers (including me) to take over the development.  Some time later, Henrik switched to a (little) more open development with svn where also other people had commit access.
Anyway, when development stops. I have to take over delopment because we integrade xymon in our monitoring solution.
The few patches I proposed were (almost) all accepted.  So Henrik is very open to input from other developers.

Stef
list T.J. Yang · Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:25:25 -0500 ·
quoted from Stef Coene
From: user-dbffe946c0f4@xymon.invalid
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:55:24 +0200
Subject: Re: [hobbit] Xymon roadmap

On Wednesday 24 June 2009, T.J. Yang wrote:
Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 09:18:13 +0200
From: user-7738cfcc6ae0@xymon.invalid
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: RE: [hobbit] Hobbit developer access.

This brings up a good point.. We use Xymon extensively at my company but
I'm worried about the lack of a long term outlook for the project.
Same here in regard of xymon deployment. But what I am worry about is that
we still don't have a team of developers to develop xymon(hobbit).
we(including me ;) are still relying solely on henrik's free development
effort.
There was a discussion when Henrik was out for a few weeks. And it was clear
that there were enough volunteers (including me) to take over the
development. Some time later, Henrik switched to a (little) more open
development with svn where also other people had commit access.
Anyway, when development stops. I have to take over delopment because we
integrade xymon in our monitoring solution.
We settled to xymon after using HP NNM,HP OV, Big brother and Nagio.
quoted from Stef Coene
The few patches I proposed were (almost) all accepted. So Henrik is very open
to input from other developers.
Just to be clear, my comment is not saying the Henrik is not open for others to help.
My point is that we should have more developers like Henrik to share the xymon development load. I have been trying to improve myself but still a long way to go.

tj
Stef

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list David Peters · Thu, 25 Jun 2009 08:39:26 +1000 ·
Why not utilise a different repository - like xymon-addons and then merge the releases periodically into the ext directory of xymon. That way not everyone needs commit access to xymon and the upload of addons into the ext directory can be done in a more orderly fashion.


David Peters

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Cc:
<user-66917457e380@xymon.invalid>
Date:
25/06/2009 02:33 AM
quoted from T.J. Yang
Subject:
RE: [hobbit] Hobbit developer access.

From: user-9b139aff4dec@xymon.invalid
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 09:05:57 +0200
CC: user-66917457e380@xymon.invalid
Subject: Re: [hobbit] Hobbit developer access.

On Tuesday 23 June 2009 11:53:51 David Peters wrote:
I sent an email to Henrik some time ago about getting access to be able 
to
check in bug fixes via svn but got no reply. Is the current list of
developers locked or did I miss something?
AFAIK, no. Henrik is probably just over-worked.
I am listed (to maintain the devmon collector module).

BTW, what are your plans for the xymon-addons project? I think I should 
start
putting some of our extensions somewhere, and I would prefer something 
with
VCS (which is why I haven't put anything on The Shire), and I think it 
would
be beneficial to users if releases (e.g. tarballs) were made with 
consistent
deployment methods for all extensions.
Currently, hobbit src tree has empty ext directories after un-packed.
I am hoping to see more xymon-addons in the ext directories of both xymon client and server src tree, These xymon-addons include more add-on that are ported from bb or solely for xymon. 
but doing so means all the xymon-addon authors need to have write access to xymon svn respository server. This is another adminitration overhead that someone need to take on.


tj
If you think it's a good idea, please add 'buchanmilne' as a developer 
with
commit access to xymon-addons.

Regards,
Buchan

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list David Peters · Thu, 25 Jun 2009 08:42:17 +1000 ·
I am happy to contribute to the development effort. I have some changes to 
the core code that I currently maintain onsite here and merge into the 
main code whenever we download a new version for release. Not the sort of 
changes I would release into the core code, but nevertheless I am 
conmfortable with C and the core of xymon.
quoted from David Peters


David Peters

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+61 4 17863572


From:
"T.J. Yang" <user-8e841282cda5@xymon.invalid>
To:
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Date:
25/06/2009 02:21 AM
Subject:
[hobbit] Xymon  roadmap
quoted from David Peters

Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 09:18:13 +0200
From: user-7738cfcc6ae0@xymon.invalid
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: RE: [hobbit] Hobbit developer access.

This brings up a good point.. We use Xymon extensively at my company but
I'm worried about the lack of a long term outlook for the project.
Same here in regard of xymon deployment. But what I am worry about is that 
we still don't have a team of developers to develop xymon(hobbit). 
we(including me ;) are still relying solely on henrik's free development 
effort.
Is there a roadmap for Xymon?
If there is where are we on it? If there
is not should we as a community draw up one?
Can you put down what you like to see in this url ?

http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/System_Monitoring_with_Xymon/Developer_Guide#Development_Road_Map


But put down wish lists is one thing, getting it done by others is 
another.
Not many xymon developers know C and xymon program architecture and also 
have free time to work on features in the roadmap.
Just wondering what people think.. I personally love xymon, but its
getting harder to sell it to management..

tj
Padraig Lennon
Senior Systems Engineer
Production Services
Pioneer Global Investments (Dublin)
5th Floor Georges Quay Plaza, Dublin 2
ext: XXXX
Direct dial: 00353 1 480 2081

-----Original Message-----
From: Buchan Milne [mailto:user-9b139aff4dec@xymon.invalid]
Sent: 24 June 2009 08:06
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Cc: David Peters
Subject: Re: [hobbit] Hobbit developer access.

On Tuesday 23 June 2009 11:53:51 David Peters wrote:
I sent an email to Henrik some time ago about getting access to be
able to
check in bug fixes via svn but got no reply. Is the current list of
developers locked or did I miss something?
AFAIK, no. Henrik is probably just over-worked.

I am listed (to maintain the devmon collector module).

BTW, what are your plans for the xymon-addons project? I think I should
start
putting some of our extensions somewhere, and I would prefer something
with
VCS (which is why I haven't put anything on The Shire), and I think it
would
be beneficial to users if releases (e.g. tarballs) were made with
consistent
deployment methods for all extensions.

If you think it's a good idea, please add 'buchanmilne' as a developer
with
commit access to xymon-addons.

Regards,
Buchan

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list Bill Richardson · Thu, 25 Jun 2009 07:54:53 -0400 ·
On the topic of a roadmap. What is on the roadmap. Just wondering if a
URL is available to see what is planned for upcoming releases.
 
Thanks
 
Bill Richardson
list Rich Smrcina · Fri, 26 Jun 2009 05:23:43 -0500 ·
On February 9, Henrik posted the following roadmap to the list.  I 
haven't heard much lately so I don't know if it has changed.

Version 4.4:
* SNMP support for data collection
* Status updates based on data collected in the RRD files (this is
  really nice - essentially, *any* value you put into an RRD file
  can trigger a new or modified status in Xymon. So you could eg.
  change the status of your "http" test to go red, if the response
  time of a webpage exceeds 5 seconds).
* Status "flap" handling, to catch statuses that change rapidly.

Version 4.5:
* Support for communication between clients and Xymon to use 
  compression and/or encryption.
* Support for client authentication via SSL certificates (so
  you cannot spoof a client message).

Version 4.6:
* Revised web interface - eliminate the need for webserver-based
  authentication, and provide more fine-grained authorization
  for the various Xymon components.
* Per-user custom login pages, so the login will always show those
  systems that the user has responsibility for / is allowed to
  access.

Somewhere along the road I will also introduce a new "ping" test
daemon - I am getting to the point where ping'ing all hosts take 
longer than 5 minutes (I have a lot of hosts). So something needs
to be done, and I think I know how to do it.
quoted from Bill Richardson


Bill Richardson wrote:
On the topic of a roadmap. What is on the roadmap. Just wondering if a 
URL is available to see what is planned for upcoming releases.
 
Thanks
 
Bill Richardson
 
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list Denis · Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:50:53 +0200 ·
quoted from Rich Smrcina
Rich Smrcina wrote:
On February 9, Henrik posted the following roadmap to the list.  I 
haven't heard much lately so I don't know if it has changed.

Version 4.4:
* SNMP support for data collection
* Status updates based on data collected in the RRD files (this is
 really nice - essentially, *any* value you put into an RRD file
 can trigger a new or modified status in Xymon. So you could eg.
 change the status of your "http" test to go red, if the response
 time of a webpage exceeds 5 seconds).
* Status "flap" handling, to catch statuses that change rapidly.

Version 4.5:
* Support for communication between clients and Xymon to use 
 compression and/or encryption.
* Support for client authentication via SSL certificates (so
 you cannot spoof a client message).

Version 4.6:
* Revised web interface - eliminate the need for webserver-based
 authentication, and provide more fine-grained authorization
 for the various Xymon components.
* Per-user custom login pages, so the login will always show those
 systems that the user has responsibility for / is allowed to
 access.

Somewhere along the road I will also introduce a new "ping" test
daemon - I am getting to the point where ping'ing all hosts take 
longer than 5 minutes (I have a lot of hosts). So something needs
to be done, and I think I know how to do it.

Hi,

Has someone an idea of the possibles releases regarding this mail of 
henrik for the year coming ?

Kind regards,

Denis
list Vernon Everett · Sat, 27 Jun 2009 15:51:39 +0800 ·
 
Let's not open that can of worms again.
Please see here. http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/System_Monitoring_with_Xymon/Other_Docs/FAQ#When_is_the_next_version_going_to_be_released_.3F

The short answer is "We get it when it's ready, and not before".

Regards
    Vernon
quoted from Denis


Hi,

Has someone an idea of the possibles releases regarding this mail of henrik for the year coming ?

Kind regards,

Denis


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list Denis · Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:07:01 +0200 ·
quoted from Vernon Everett
Everett, Vernon wrote:
 

Let's not open that can of worms again.
Please see here. http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/System_Monitoring_with_Xymon/Other_Docs/FAQ#When_is_the_next_version_going_to_be_released_.3F

The short answer is "We get it when it's ready, and not before".

Regards
    Vernon
  
Oh shit ... sorry i didn't knew it was already discussed there :)
Thanks for the link i didn't seen myslef before.

Regards,

Denis