[Pkg-nagios-devel] Bug#294983: closed by Marco Rodrigues <gothicx at gmail.com> (Package nagios has been removed from Debian)

[txemi]

I am the original submitter of the wish.

Thank you very much!!!

txemi.

On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 10:15 AM, Debian Bug Tracking System
<owner at bugs.debian.org> wrote:
> This is an automatic notification regarding your Bug report
> which was filed against the nagios package:
>
> #294983: wishlist: not require alias and host_name in hosts.cfg
>
> It has been closed by Marco Rodrigues <gothicx at gmail.com>.
>
> Their explanation is attached below along with your original report.
> If this explanation is unsatisfactory and you have not received a
> better one in a separate message then please contact Marco Rodrigues <gothicx at gmail.com> by
> replying to this email.
>
>
> --
> 294983: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=294983
> Debian Bug Tracking System
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>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Marco Rodrigues <gothicx at gmail.com>
> To: 294983-done at bugs.debian.org
> Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2010 20:24:58 +0000 (WET)
> Subject: Package nagios has been removed from Debian
> Version: 2:1.4-3.2+rm
>
> You filed the bug http://bugs.debian.org/294983 in Debian BTS
> against the package nagios. I'm closing it at *unstable*, but it will
> remain open for older distributions.
>
> For more information about this package's removal, read
> http://bugs.debian.org/464774. That bug might give the reasons why
> this package was removed and suggestions of possible replacements.
>
> Don't hesitate to reply to this mail if you have any question.
>
> Thank you for your contribution to Debian.
>
> --
> Marco Rodrigues
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: txemi <txemi2 at clientes.euskaltel.es>
> To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit at bugs.debian.org>
> Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 21:24:29 +0100
> Subject: wishlist: not require alias and host_name in hosts.cfg
> Package: nagios
> Severity: wishlist
>
> wishlist: not require alias and host_name in hosts.cfg
>
> Most boring thing of setting up nagios is writting big configuration files.
> But some little changes could in my opinion short and increase readability of this files.
>
> In my hosts.cfg I have a lot of sections like this:
>
> define host{
>  use my-generic-host
>  host_name myhost.com
>  alias myhost.com
>  address myhost.com
>  check_command check_ssh
> }
>
> In most of my hosts host_name is equal to alias and address, so it could be written like this:
>
> define host{
>  use my-generic-host
>  address myhost.com
>  check_command check_ssh
> }
>
> But it cannot be done as host_name, alias and address are necessary.
>
> I would like that in host_name and alias absence they would take address value. So I could say the same with less text making it easier to write, read, change, mantain, understand...
>
> that is all...
>
> txemi <txemi2 at euskalnet.net>
> http://txemi.webhop.org
>
>
>
> -- System Information:
> Debian Release: 3.1
>  APT prefers unstable
>  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
> Architecture: i386 (i686)
> Kernel: Linux 2.6.10-1-686
> Locale: LANG=es_ES at euro, LC_CTYPE=es_ES at euro (charmap=ISO-8859-15)
>
>
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