Hi Alex: How about something like:
contrib/name.tar.gz contrib/name.README ? If other developers are cool with this, then I can create the directory and check stuff into SVN. Do we also want to include in the RPMs? If so, perhaps a ganglia-contrib RPM or something else...? Cheers, Bernard > -----Original Message----- > From: Alex Balk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, June 12, 2006 11:04 > To: Bernard Li > Cc: Stackpole, Chris; [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Ganglia-general] Ganglia Alert and Tracking > > Bernard, > > > There is no contrib directory in the official tarball. > > Maybe we could create a contrib directory, with a tarball for > each addon > and a README listing all provided patches/files along with a brief > description of each one. Adding/removing addons to would be rather > simple - add/remove the tarball and update the README. > > > This way, it's up to the users to decide what flavors they > want added - > we just provide the ingredients... with the regular "user contributed > code, your mileage may vary" disclaimers and all. > > > Cheers, > > Alex > > > Bernard Li wrote: > > > Hi Alex: > > > > Initially I thought that your code is standalone and could just be > > checked into ganglia/web/contrib/<contrib_name>. > > > > However, if it requires patching... I'm not sure if that's the best > > way to do this - do we normally include patches in the > contrib/ directory? > > > > Regarding the gmetrics repository - I think it would be great if we > > can get that back... I don't remember exactly about the > history of it > > but obviously an automated system got abused previously and > that's why > > it was taken down. > > > > I guess for now I don't mind being the "gate-keeper" so people can > > submit them to me and I'll put them up on the website. Do > other folks > > have any comments regarding this? > > > > Matt, Martin, can you give me access to the webpage? > > > > Cheers, > > > > Bernard > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------- > > *From:* Alex Balk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > *Sent:* Sat 10/06/2006 01:35 > > *To:* Bernard Li > > *Cc:* Stackpole, Chris; [email protected] > > *Subject:* Re: [Ganglia-general] Ganglia Alert and Tracking > > > > Bernard, > > > > > > Sounds cool - maybe we could create a naming convention for > web frontend > > addons? for example, "all addons go under > $WEBROOT/addons/$PATCH_NAME/". > > That could help minimize naming conflicts and let user > easily determine > > where the relevant code is located. > > > > If you'd like, I could modify the patch to work this way. > > > > > > I'd also love to see the gmetrics repository reopen for user > > contributions. I have some GPFS and dstat related scripts > other may find > > useful. > > > > > > Let me know how you want it and I'll open a bugzilla entry. > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > Alex > > > > > > Bernard Li wrote: > > > > > Hi Alex: > > > > > > Actually I wonder if we should check your code into trunk > as "contrib" > > > code... what do others think? > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > > > Bernard > > > > > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > > >> From: Alex Balk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >> Sent: Friday, June 09, 2006 12:32 > > >> To: Bernard Li > > >> Cc: Stackpole, Chris; [email protected] > > >> Subject: Re: [Ganglia-general] Ganglia Alert and Tracking > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> Bernard Li wrote: > > >> > > >> > > >>>> I am trying to write a script that pulls the info from netcat > > >>>> and averages out some numbers but I believe that there is a > > >>>> easier way. Does ganglia store data in such a way that I > > >>>> could pull this type of information? This appears so useful > > >>>> to me that I am sure that there are others that have tried > > >>>> this, are there any ideas and suggestions? > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>> Sorry for hijacking your thread Chris but your question > leads me to > > >>> think that there are some interesting data stored in the > > >>> > > >> RRD database, > > >> > > >>> perhaps we could write a script to mine this data and > provide some > > >>> interesting historical reports? > > >>> > > >>> > > >> Actually, my patch for "custom graphs" accomplishes exactly > > >> what you're > > >> talking about. > > >> It allows you to create a template and then load it for > whatever view > > >> (meta, cluster, host) you desire. Couple this with gmetrics > > >> and you can > > >> pretty much generate a graph for anything (read - visually > > >> represent any > > >> aspect of your data). It also supports rrdtool's CDEFs, > so you can do > > >> data transformations as well. > > >> Oh, and the rendering backend may be called from within an > > >> <IMG SRC=...> > > >> which allows creating "customized dashboards". I've > started working on > > >> one where customers can view different utilizations graphs > > >> based on the > > >> cluster specialty (batch, interactive, infrastructure), NFS > > >> statistics, > > >> parallel job utilization (how much does process named X > consume across > > >> multiple hosts), etc. > > >> > > >> > > >> What I'm really missing is a method to "generate" aggregate > > >> data on the > > >> fly. Something like "take these 3 hosts, all from > different clusters, > > >> and show me their aggregate CPU consumption". > > >> > > >> Cheers, > > >> Alex > > >> > > >> > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------- > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Ganglia-general mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ganglia-general > > >
