[collectd] Derive/Absolute datasource patch for 4.7.0

[Mariusz Gronczewski]

So is there any chance of getting that patch included anywhere ? ;)

2009/5/12 Mariusz Gronczewski <xani666 at gmail.com>:
> Hi,
>
> i've updated my patch to 4.7.0, most of "data input" plugins (curl,
> java, exec, perl, tail, couchdb) should work with derive. In case of
> couchdb and curl, if u use absolute DS you can only "Set", no "Inc" or
> "Add" coz obviously that wouldn't make much sense with it. Other
> plugins can be "enabled" globally to use derive by changing "COUNTER"
> to "DERIVE" in types.db but that way is ugly (but makes sense in some
> cases, like when u have lot of tunnels or ppp interfaces) and either
> needs converting or recreating rrd files.
>
> Regards
> Mariusz
>