[Xymon] Is this thing on? SUMMARY UPDATE and POC

[J.C. Cleaver]

On Sun, October 1, 2023 23:19, Bruno Manzoni wrote:
> Hi every one
>
> *I did a POC on GitHub!
> *- https://github.com/xymon-monitoring
> To include/manage the summary of problem (I did previously on this
> mailing list). The mailing list is not really good to follow problems
> that take a long time to be resolved (my point of view)
> This summary also evolve with some more details (but mainly from me) and
> take a also new form for a better follow up (I hope so) :
> https://github.com/xymon-monitoring/problem-solving
>
> This is only a POC so not official at all, but just for you to see what
> I did/what could be done (currently limited by my poor skills)
>
> You are invited to help me to improve this POC, so to be a member of
> this GitHub organization: *let me know your GitHub name*
>
> Remark:
> - *Let me know what you think!*
> - *Focus on the general ideas*: *the support (GitHub)* and *the form* I
> choose and not to much in the content (I try to make also a good
> content, but for sure this will need many more work, I would like first
> to add latest feedback: WIP)
> - Constructive comment about anything is always welcome!
> - And as English is not my language: do not hesitate also to correct it.
> - Positive feedback also motivate...
>
> *We still have an urgent problem: the mailing list *(see detail on the
> POC or in this mailing list)

Thank you for this! While moving development as a whole to GH is still an
open question, it definitely helps to have a presence there, and an
editable  tracking method for various goals is helpful.

There is a lot of previous development tracking work at
https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/System_Monitoring_with_Xymon/Developer_Guide
, but I'm not certain wikibooks itself is the best platform for hosting of
it. Of course, much does need to be updated there, but an intro going
forward would be helpful.

There's a LOT to chew through here; if we have any Library Science folks
on the list, your input would be appreciated ;)


I've also been compiling a list of various Xymon/Hobbit presentations and
intro materials that have been posted out there. In the interim (before
any major re-structuring of a home page), simply making more details
available for folks and leveraging the explainers people have already done
(including the xymon 7 man page) would probably be helpful.


Agreed that the most pending immediate issue would be the mailing list,
especially if there's a transfer/hosting contract deadline coming up.

Henrik: Would you like me to start working on a mailman hosting build?

Regards,
-jc