On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 12:01 PM, Hermann Lauer <hermann.la...@iwr.uni-heidelberg.de> wrote: > Hello all, > > On Fri, Aug 06, 2010 at 11:05:08AM +0200, nap wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> >> Let take some times to talk about the packages for Shinken and how to >> launch the application for the users. >> >> >> ======== Package(s) ============= >> First of all how many packages? We've got differents part in the application >> : >> * the shinken python librairy that install in the python directory >> * the daemons (5 daemons) and some should not be install every where >> (like the arbiter, just need 2 even for a huge env) >> * all misc of them (/etc/defaults/shinken, libexec, var and etc). >> >> I think users will want 2 things : >> *easy install of the whole application in one host >> *easy install of just the scheduler or poller to scale the load. >> >> There is also a problem with broker modules : some need >> python-mysqldb. So we install it even if people use livestatus? > > in apt like systems (debian, ubuntu) you can use "recommend" instead > of "depends" for python-mysqldb, so average users (which have > installations which treat recommend like depends) will be happy. > A good error message (is python-mysql installed ?) when the import exception > occurs would help in such a scenario. > > Splitting the broker modules which needs mysql in an extra "recomended" > package > would be also a solution (such like nagios-plugins-basic an > nagios-plugins-standard). Oh good points :)
> >> And we should do as easy as we can for packagers and users :) > > Thanks for working on this (esp. for squeeze), > Hermann No problem, do not forget I'll be one of the users ;) Jean > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF.net email is sponsored by > > Make an app they can't live without > Enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge > http://p.sf.net/sfu/RIM-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Shinken-devel mailing list > Shinken-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/shinken-devel > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Make an app they can't live without Enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge http://p.sf.net/sfu/RIM-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Shinken-devel mailing list Shinken-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/shinken-devel
