On 2010-02-19 07:35, Kevin Keane wrote: > >> Well, the main reason is that they have a number of limitations which I >> need to resolve and after speaking with Ethan about it I got the >> impression he would not be updating NRPE/NSCA any more (for instance >> Ton Voon has some patches to handle payload size which has not been >> applied). He would (or so I gathered) rather have a new replacement >> client(s). >> > Client? Or protocol? > protocol (NRPE and NSCA has fixed limits on data length, Ton extended the protocol with an additional "packet type" that was "more data".
> >> Also I tend to write programs in C++ and not C which sort of means it >> is simpler for me to re-write them. >> > That really isn't a good reason to throw out the investment thousands of > people have made in a working NRPE/NSCA infrastructure! When the next > developer comes into the project and likes Java, are we going to get yet > another protocol? What if somebody wants to write a client for a new platform > - does it have to be in C++? > Uhmm... I am talking about a protocol here, so feel free to implement a client in brainf*ck if you like... > Now don't get me wrong: I actually agree that there are good reasons to > update or even replace the protocol. But I'm quite concerned about the > motivation, and the end result that would come from it. > Well, in this case my "motivation" is pure and simple self interest... I have no noble ideas about "helping the nagios community". I need a new protocol, I will write one... pure and simple... I just figured I would get some insight into what to think about whilst doing it... // Michael Medin > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval > Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs > proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. > See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev > _______________________________________________ > Nagios-users mailing list > Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users > ::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS when reporting > any issue. > ::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ Nagios-users mailing list Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users ::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS when reporting any issue. ::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null