I was contacted by GroundWork Open Source and looks like they have setup a "forge" for monitoring:
http://www.monitoringforge.org/ It is still in beta, but if anybody is interested in trying it out, please email me off-list and I will get you an account. I will give preference to people who has already written python module plugins ;-) Comments? General thoughts? Cheers, Bernard On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 10:33 AM, Bernard Li<[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all: > > Found this: > > http://bbpress.org/plugins/topic/svn-browser/ > > Anybody want to take a stab at setting this up with WordPress and see > if it is something that could be used to power our plugins repository? > > Thanks, > > Bernard > > On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 10:50 PM, Bernard Li<[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi Dagen, all: >> >> Thanks for spending the time for doing the research on our behalf. >> And thanks to others for the feedback. >> >> Since our website is powered by WordPress, I was trying to look for a >> plugin which would help us setup the repository and I came across a >> blog post which described the genesis of the WordPress Plugin >> Directory: >> >> http://wordpress.org/development/2007/03/plugin-directory/ >> >> Assuming the "plugin-directory" is plugin friendly, it would map >> perfectly with what we are trying to do. >> >> I am not really a WordPress user, so if anybody has any comments about >> their plugins directory, etc. please feel free to post them. >> >> I have emailed one of the developers listed in that blog post and am >> hoping for a response soon. If there is someone out there who has >> close ties with the WordPress community who can help speed this along, >> that would be great too. I guess another route is to request for help >> in their forums. >> >> My $0.02 for now. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Bernard >> >> On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 1:29 PM, Dagen Brock<[email protected]> wrote: >>> I did some digging last night and I couldn't find something that worked >>> specifically as a file repo with the types of features it would need, and I >>> looked at over 80 different projects. >>> >>> I'm sure that there are plenty of full fledged CMSes that could do this, >>> some via add-ons, but then it's an issue of having to customize a bloated >>> CMS which I have some experience with but it almost seems easier to write >>> one. >>> >>> Anyone else who is more familiar with available software for this (I only >>> looked at FOSS, as I don't think they are interested in commercial packages) >>> please chime in. Otherwise it looks like writing one from scratch would be >>> the best option. >>> >>> One last bit, my 2 cents; as a dev I can appreciate git, svn, etc. but I >>> think it would have much broader appeal and success as a file portal that >>> supports categories, searching, reviews and user submissions. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Dagen Brock >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 9:17 AM, Jesse Becker <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 18:04, Bernard Li<[email protected]> wrote: >>>> > Recently there has been a couple of requests regarding setting up a >>>> > plugin repository for the new python modules much like the gmetric >>>> > repository we have: >>>> > >>>> > http://www.ganglia.info/gmetric/ >>>> > >>>> > As you probably noticed, that repository hasn't been updated for a long >>>> > time. >>>> >>>> Is that because there hasn't been administrative action, or because >>>> there haven't been any new submissions? >>>> >>>> I think that the gmond modules and gmetric scripts should be kept in >>>> the same repository, although each flagged as to what they are. >>>> >>>> > Going forward, I think it would be nice to have a brand new repository >>>> > with more advanced features to facilitate the sharing and distribution >>>> > of such plugins. >>>> >>>> Agreed. >>>> >>>> > Does anybody have any software recommendations for setting something >>>> > like this up? Or, are there any users who is interested in >>>> > contributing code to build this? Something modeled like Firefox >>>> > add-ons would be great -- although it might be an overkill for Ganglia >>>> > right now. >>>> >>>> This came up a year or so ago, but I'm not sure that we found an >>>> existing program to do this. Writing one shouldn't be overly >>>> difficult, but I'm sure nobody has the time... >>>> >>>> Would a set of authenticated wiki pages work? >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Jesse Becker >>>> GPG Fingerprint -- BD00 7AA4 4483 AFCC 82D0 2720 0083 0931 9A2B 06A2 >>>> >>>> >>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>>> Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 >>>> 30-Day >>>> trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus >>>> on >>>> what you do best, core application coding. 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