[osiris-devel] removing features

Brian Wotring brian at shmoo.com
Thu Nov 11 22:28:59 EST 2004


I received a lot more response from others offline, all objecting to the 
removal of this feature;  I guess it stays.

I'm glad I asked.  Thanks for the feedback :)

Alexei_Roudnev wrote:
> Problem 1 - there is not way to create CGI for osiris console.
> Problem 2 - such CGI will be highly system dependent and will reproduce
> existing (in osirismd) functionality - what for?
> 
> For reports, I agree with such approach - osiris can generate static web
> files, available by standard web server.
> 
> PS. Notice, that 90% of modern tools use web access, and most of them just
> implements primitive web server inside.
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Spike Ilacqua" <spike at indra.com>
> To: "Osiris Developers" <osiris-devel at lists.shmoo.com>
> Cc: <brian at shmoo.com>
> Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2004 4:07 PM
> Subject: Re: [osiris-devel] removing features
> 
> 
> 
>>Personally I use the CLI interface, but I think Alexei does have a valid
>>point, your average user is going to prefer a pretty Web interface.
>>
>>That said, I don't think the management console should be a Web server.
>>    Let Web servers be Web servers, and Osiris be Osiris.  Create a CGI
>>that can be installed on an existing Web server.  That way you don't
>>have to be writting HTTP code and if the user can't get to the Web
>>server, than it's a problem with the Web server, not Osiris.
>>
>>->Spike
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