On Tue, 6 Nov 2007, Bernard Li wrote:
> Hi Matthias: > > On 11/6/07, Matthias Blankenhaus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I would love to do that, except that with the latest Ganglia release > > version I believe I cannot yet do it. Thus, I'll have to wait until > > 3.1.0 is out. Until then, I still need a solution. > > Correct -- the DSO/Python stuff is going in 3.1.0. Right, so I cannot use that right now, as there is no 3.1.0 release code yet and there is reluctance on SGI's side to go with non-release code. > > Do you already have code which implements what you want, or are you > still in the process of implementing it? > I have code that is based on gmetric, but without the mods. This code is suffering from the overhead of making system calls. Lots of them. > I guess so far discussions surrounding 3.1.0, we haven't really came > up with a time for release. If we are months away, perhaps it makes > sense to release another minor update to 3.0.x which can include some > slight modifications. > > Bottom line is, are you willing to spend time in developing something > that is likely going to be less significant (in favour of the new > DSO/Python stuff) -- or would you rather wait? > Well, if there is a chance for a 3.0.x release with the Python DSO gmond hooks within the next 2-3 weeks, then I think I would have a good argument to work on stuff. I would be happy to work on Ganglia, I simply need to provide a strong reason for mgmt why I should spend time on it. I think this would constitute a strong reason. > BTW, there is nothing wrong with running the code in trunk -- in fact > I believe it should be fairly stable. After I check in my changes to > the spec file, I do not see why we cannot start releasing snapshot > tarballs for folks to try the new DSO/Python modules support. > Unfortunately, I can't make that decision :-) Cheers, Matthias > Cheers, > > Bernard > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Ganglia-developers mailing list Ganglia-developers@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ganglia-developers
