vikas>> I was hoping that I can stop further development on the curses
vikas>> interface and add more features to the web interface instead.
> From: Joe Provo - Network Architect
> Please don't.
>
> My people use nocol becuase it is very complete, works, isn't dependant
> on other things running (eg web server), and can truly be checked on
> from anywhere. There exist other pointy-clicky-only monitoring packages;
> please don't dumb nocol down to their level.
Amen brother!
However..... having hacked curses full time for a number of
months I can relate to Vikas's attitude!
What about replacing "netconsole" with two interfaces which
don't involve curses:
1) "nocol-status" which simply prints "netconsole" type output
to stdout
2) "xnocol" which is a simple tcl/tk client that provides
almost exactly the same look and feel as netconsole with
one major enhancement: the "add a comment for this outage
ala Rover" field.
??
I'd be perfectly willing, perhaps even excited about coding these
critters but it'd *have* to wait until mid October or November.
(Oh yea, and I have to clean up my nocol up/down report generator
first--that'll have to wait until the US Open (tennis) isn't
on tv during the evenings =:)
steve
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WiscNet--Wisconsin's Internet Provider
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