[Nagiosplug-devel] Guidelines

[Dan Hopkins]

> From: Andreas Ericsson [mailto:ae at op5.se]

> I've been going through the plugin guidelines and noticed a couple of 
> weird things and hints in them, for example;
 
...
 
> * "In addition to the reserved options" .... and what follows.
> I notice that there are no less than 4 of the 5 listed "standard" 
> options that are supposed to denote username in one form or another. 
> Please just drop this section entirely, or decide on ONE 
> thing to use. 
> the --url option, currently applying to a single plugin (check_http) 
> isn't exactly what I would call "standard".
 
Also, perhaps trivial in the scheme of things, it'd be great if all plugins
actually supported the options they claim to in their usage. Long options
spring to mind (see check_http)


Dan