[hobbit] new version of hobbit client

[Asif Iqbal]

On Sat, Mar 05, 2005 at 11:12:20PM, Henrik Stoerner wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 05, 2005 at 11:17:09AM -0800, Brian Lynch wrote:
> > Henrik,
> >    This is pretty minor, but when do you expect to rev the hobbit
> > client?  The current version seems a bit shaky on the compile.  Are
> > you planning on changing the paradigm used by the bb clients (i.e.
> > collection of scripts calling 'bb')?
> 
> The hobbit client is actually developed by Emanuel Dreyfus; I haven't
> been involved in it (and actually haven't had the time to look at it
> in much detail).
> 
> I know Emanuel has focused solely on a NetBSD client, so unless you
> are compiling on that platform you probably will run into problems.
> 
> The client as it is now is very different from the BB client, as you
> have noticed. Whether that is a good idea or not remains to be seen;
> there are certainly benefits in having the client be a compiled
> program that talks directly to the OS level without having to handle
> specific text output that differs from one OS to another - or even
> from one version of the OS to another. 
> 
> I still think it is essential that there is some sort of extension
> mechanism like the BB client has. There are simply a lot of things out
> there that you guys want to monitor, and a fixed un-customizable
> client just won't cut it. So that is one thing that needs to be added

I second you. 

> to the current hobbitclient.

OR may be one that is architecturally close to hobbit server

> 
> 
> Regards,
> Henrik
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