Nagios namespace

2003-06-20 Thread Patrick LeBoutillier
Hi, I have submitted a Nagios::Config module and would like it to appear in the Nagios/ directory under http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-module/ I had been informed that the creation of the Nagios namespace had been accepted by CPAN. Is there any other steps that need to be taken in order to get

Re: RFC Nagios Namespace.

2003-05-29 Thread Stanley Hopcroft
Dear Gentlemen, I am writing to thank you for your letters and say, On Wed, May 28, 2003 at 10:47:12AM -0800, Sean M. Burke wrote: > At 02:59 PM 2003-05-28 +0100, Tim Bunce wrote: > >Nagios::* is appropriate here. > > Okiedoke! > > -- > Sean M. Burkehttp://search.cpan.org/~sburke/ > I am

Re: RFC Nagios Namespace.

2003-05-29 Thread Sean M. Burke
At 02:59 PM 2003-05-28 +0100, Tim Bunce wrote: Nagios::* is appropriate here. Okiedoke! -- Sean M. Burkehttp://search.cpan.org/~sburke/

Re: RFC Nagios Namespace.

2003-05-29 Thread Tim Bunce
On Wed, May 28, 2003 at 01:53:39AM -0800, Sean M. Burke wrote: > At 04:39 PM 2003-05-28 +1000, Stanley Hopcroft wrote: > >With respect, I think Net:: is less appropriate because while many of the > >Net:: modules deal with or implement a network protocol (::SMTP, ::SNMP, > >::DNS hopefully ::Samb

Re: RFC Nagios Namespace.

2003-05-28 Thread Stanley Hopcroft
agios...)? I know that this principle hasn't been consistently > > applied, but I do like to discourage people from creating new top-level > > things when it's avoidable. > > Where there's a set of modules closely related to some 'thing' with > a well estabis

Re: RFC Nagios Namespace.

2003-05-28 Thread Tim Bunce
Where there's a set of modules closely related to some 'thing' with a well estabished and non-ambiguous 'brand name', then creating a new namespace for it is okay. A Nagios:: namespace seems fine to me. Tim.

Re: RFC Nagios Namespace.

2003-05-28 Thread Sean M. Burke
At 04:39 PM 2003-05-28 +1000, Stanley Hopcroft wrote: With respect, I think Net:: is less appropriate because while many of the Net:: modules deal with or implement a network protocol (::SMTP, ::SNMP, ::DNS hopefully ::Samba::SMB), 'Nagios' is a program to monitor the availability of services su

Re: RFC Nagios Namespace.

2003-05-27 Thread Sean M. Burke
At 03:47 PM 2003-05-28 +1000, Stanley Hopcroft wrote: Please would you comment on the use of the namespace 'Nagios' for Perl modules related to the Nagios (http://www.Nagios.ORG/) availability monitoring system. Can't we have this be under some existing top-level category (Net::Nagios...)? I know

RFC Nagios Namespace.

2003-05-27 Thread Stanley Hopcroft
--- Begin Message --- Dear Ladies and Gentlemen, Please would you comment on the use of the namespace 'Nagios' for Perl modules related to the Nagios (http://www.Nagios.ORG/) availability monitoring system. Modules proposed or written include 1 Nagios::util an exporter of subroutines and dat