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

[Kris Springer]

JC, is there any new info regarding Xymon Server or XymonPSClient being 
updated any time soon?  I know there's been a conversation about it in 
the past few months, but the server's last version release was in 2019 
and the Windows client was last updated then also.  There's been 
significant OS changes both on servers and clients in the past 5 years.  
Can you please comment on the planned time frame of a release?  I love 
Xymon and I very much want to stick with it, but it's limitations have 
been manifesting a lot in my realm lately and I'm wondering if I should 
look for a new tool.

Kris Springer


On 10/3/23 21:40, J.C. Cleaver wrote:
> 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
>
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