On Wed, May 7, 2014 at 3:18 PM, Wladimir wrote: > On Wed, May 7, 2014 at 9:57 PM, Jameson Lopp > wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > I agree that it would be awesome to offer these types of stats with the > installer; unfortunately the route I've taken has dependencies on several > other other pieces of software to do all the heavy lifting of stats > aggregation and chart rendering. I'm assuming that you would not want to > build any of that processing into Bitcoin Core itself; would you be opposed > to packaging other software along with the installer? > > Depends on just how much stuff it is. The idea is primarily to have an > installer for running a (wallet-less) node as an OS background > service. > > Having some statistics available would be worth some extra download > size, otherwise it would be pretty much invisible. > > We'd already decided that we would need something like Python for the > stats service. Implementing things like web services in C++ is just > not realistic given the time constraints and the great already-written > code that is out there. As an optional tool it should be external, not > part of bitcoind itself. > > I suppose the chart rendering happens client-side? In that case the > web service just has to collect and provide the data, and serve static > html/js files. > Is SNMP an option? That way you do not need to implement clients and there are many tools written. > Wladimir > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Is your legacy SCM system holding you back? Join Perforce May 7 to find > out: > • 3 signs your SCM is hindering your productivity > • Requirements for releasing software faster > • Expert tips and advice for migrating your SCM now > http://p.sf.net/sfu/perforce > _______________________________________________ > Bitcoin-development mailing list > Bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development >