[Nagiosplug-devel] Checklist for new plugins release

[sean finney]

hi ton,

On Fri, Jan 27, 2006 at 04:25:50PM +0000, Ton Voon wrote:
>   - I'm creating a check_mysql_query for a customer which I'll be  
> adding back into the distribution. This is because I plan on adding  
> some library functions for thresholds and perf data that has been  
> design in the dev guidelines, but not implemented yet

this sounds really useful, i'd be interested in seeing it too.  if
you need a second set of eyes to look over the code i'll volunteer
to do so.

> Moving forward, I want to concentrate on testing a lot more. I'm a  
> convert to good testcases and I can see down the line in future that  
> I want a failing test case submitted with most patches, so that it is  
> easily proved that the patches are good. I've been using libtap  
> (http://jc.ngo.org.uk/trac-bin/trac.cgi/wiki/LibTap) which is used by  
> the FreeBSD team to regression test their C code, and I plan on  
> adding this to our current test suite.

sounds like a good idea.  i have little (er, no) experience with
various regression/test suites, so i think leading by example
will be the best way to get me to come along :)

> Does anyone else have a list of things to be done for the next  
> release? I think mid March is probably a reasonable target.

i need to double check where things have been left off with the
np_runcmd stuff... istr a small number andreas' patched plugins
having bugs, and as a result not all plugins are using the
runcmd function.  i suppose it's not the end of the world
if the plugins are released as is though, perhaps it's more of an
aesthetic thing to me.


	sean
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