perfsonar development work

["Matthias K. Hamm" <>]

Hi Maxim,

thanks for your mail. Please find my comments inline.

maxim schrieb:
> Hi Matthias,
> Comments are inline. 
>
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>   
> > Hi Maxim,
> >
> > thanks again for your valueable contribution !
> >
> > I attached your tarball to the perfSONAR E2Emon Page 
> > (unrestricted access !), see 
> > http://wiki.perfsonar.net/jra1-wiki/index.php/PerfSONAR_suppor
> > t_for_E2E_Link_Monitoring
> >
> > I have just a few comments to your software:
> >
> > (*) what are the prerequisites besides of PERL (Apache, CGI ...?)
> >
> >     
>   I've tried to express it in the readme file and install file. Also,
> every config file is documented. Except for perl ( with several modules)
>  and webserver there is no other prerequisites ( only optional one for the
> Google maps API key
> if someone wants to see position of the topology point on the map).
> Of courese if perl module requires some C library then it should installed (
> like gd graphical library for
> GraphViz or net-snmp library  for the Net::SNMP package).
>
>   
> > (*) it would be good to have some kind of doc about how your 
> > module fits in the E2Emon deployment (how the domains can use 
> > that tools in their
> > tasks) and how it relates to other pieces of software. To get 
> > an idea, you can have a look at the deployment guide 
> > (http://wiki.perfsonar.net/jra1-wiki/images/3/3b/E2EMonitoring
> > _DeploymentGuide_v07.doc). 
> >     
>   
>   Some of that could be found  in the readme/install files but I can write
> something like that, just give
> me some time.
>   

Your contribution will be a chapter of this document. We can discuss 
about this in the VC.
>   
> > We can integrate your contribution here (the doc needs an 
> > update anyway
> > ;-) ).
> >
> > (*) to help people not to get confused, it would be good to 
> > use a unambigious naming schema. As E2Emon is the common 
> > prefix, E2Emon MP is our Measurement Point - so what about 
> > E2Emon MP_config for you contrib? 
> >     
>  
>   yes, that will work. Altough I am aiming for the MA as well.
> So, its more like E2Emon config, because thats what its trying to be - a
> configuration manager for the E2E monitoring MP and MA.
>
>   
E2Emon_config could be a bit misleading, because there are come 
configuration parameters for the central E2Emon visualization tool that 
are not
covered by this tool. What about E2Emon_MP_MA_config ?

>   
> > To prevent release clashes (we plan significant changes to 
> > the MP), please also exclude all "foreign" code from your tarball.
> >
> >     
>     I;ve added it only as reference to give people a picture how it could be
> deployed and used
> together( its not relying on  G2_E2E_MP code  and all "foreign" code can
> removed from the tarball)
>
>   
> > We could also have a VC/TC to discuss about that points.
> >     
>
> sure, let me know if you have a time  and date in mind.
>    Thanks for your review,
>                                 Maxim.
>   
Mark is in holiday this week, and I would like him to participate to 
this VC. What about 12./13.04 ?

Cheers,

Matthias
>   


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