Nagios User Interface Status

[Andreas Ericsson]

matthias eble wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> there are rumors circulating about the new web interface for some time,
> now - but nothing official, yet.
> 

They aren't really rumors, as Ethan confirmed it personally at the
Nordic Nagios Meet in June this year.

> So I'm just wondering if it's worth the time writing some enhancements
> for the old CGIs.
> 

That depends. I doubt Ethan is very interested in seeing new functionality
in the CGI's, since that would make it harder to get the new GUI accepted
(as it'll need all the current functionality along with something extra).
Pure bugfixes and very minor stuff is probably ok though, but don't sit
down and spend several weeks on it.

> It'd be really great to hear some statement when decisions about
> licensing and the future of the CGIs can be expected.

As for licensing, I'm not sure even Ethan knows. I've talked to him
about it but nothing was decided when I did so (or he didn't want to tell
me). What I heard back then was that he'd like to make it a dual-licensed
thing, making it free (as in speach) for all but gratis (free bear) only
for non-corporate users (home hackers, universities etc, etc).

As for release date, I'm guessing he's polishing it up right now and
waiting to release it until the Netways Nagios conference in September
this year. That's just a guess though, but it's what I'd do if I was him.

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