[collectd] "Redesign" of the Debian collectd package

[Raimund Sacherer]

Hi Sebastian,

IMO this is basically what I wanted.

If I understand correctly it's going to be:

Szenario 1: just sending some information to our centralized server:  
apt-get install collectd-core
Szenario 2: setup my centralized server: apt-get install collectd

I thought that collectd-core might be misleading at first sight if I  
want only the most basic functionality, but
thinking about it, could not come up with a better idea either, so, I  
find the change very welcome, hope it will be out soon!

Thanks for listening to user-feedback, makes us (at least me) feel  
appreciated :-)

best

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On Sep 30, 2009, at 7:06 PM, Sebastian Harl wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 12:49:53PM -0400, Moore, Joe wrote:
>> Will this be the packaging for collectd 4.8?
>
> Yes. However, I'm thinking about doing an "unmodified" upload of 4.8
> before (and follow up with the new packaging shortly after that) since
> the new packaging will have to go through the NEW queue which is going
> to take some time.
>
>> In following with the apache example, maybe deliver
>> /etc/collectd/collect.conf.example, and have a debconf question to
>> copy it into place?
>
> Are you talking about "collectd-core"? I'd rather like to avoid
> introducing debconf in that package as well. Imho, copying a sample
> config from /usr/share/doc/ is about the same amount of work as
> answering a debconf questions (which, in turn, would, presumably,  
> avoid
> quite a few people in that case).
>
>> Since the default apt behavior is to install-recommends, imo,
>> collectd-rrd output would be a useful recommends (as opposed to
>> suggests) to keep with the current usability.
>
> Well, that's what's being done in the new "collectd" package. librrd
> will be recommended by that package. "collectd-core" is meant to be as
> lean as possible.
>
>> And in that case, the collectd.conf.example could still store its  
>> data
>> in the rrd format.
>
> I was thinking about providing sample configs for (at least) server,
> client, proxy and write-rrds-locally-only setups.
>
> Does that make sense to you?
>
> Cheers,
> Sebastian
>
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