On Fri, Jan 25, 2008 at 03:06:20PM -0600, T.J. Yang wrote:
Yeah I think he has planned to implement SSL, just hasn't gotten around to it, and since he is the only coder, we have to wait...or do we? If
I think SSL encrypted channel has higher priority over snmp query (which is also good). for some reason henrik is implementing snmp feature now.
Features have a tendency to get implemented in the sequence that a developer needs them. I really don't need SSL-encrypted Hobbit traffic, but I do need the SNMP support.
If someone else needs the SSL stuff badly, try implementing it and send it to me for inclusion.
of the coding for him? I've had the fact that Hobbit "only has one coder/author" raised as a red flag when I was advocating Hobbit...people ask what will happen if Henrik leaves the scene for any reason.
When reading the hobbit source code, there are other names (for patching/bug fixing) in there also.
The only reason for my leaving the project would be an untimely accident. But that can happen, and the only guarantee I can give you is that the source code will always be available so someone else can take over if I am no longer around.
Looks like Henrik prefer current one-man project approach. more developers more communication efforts needed. It will add another burden to him(with a full time job), I think.
Coordination certainly is easier on one-man projects.
Realistically, Hobbit has grown to a size where there is too much to do for one person. So I wouldn't mind som help with the coding - I just haven't seen anyone step forward yet who is willing to take over part of that effort. Also, it would have to be someone whom I trust to be competent at what they're doing, and who is willing to maintain their code.
(It's not quite true that there are no other developers. Etienne does a very fine job of handling all of the Windows client code in BBWin - had he not been around, Hobbit would have a serious problem in handling Windows-based systems. This is an excellent example of how a specific module can be implemented separately).
This is a classic problem with Open Source software, by the way.
Someone in this thread wrote that he was thinking of implementing a new web front-end. That would be fantastic! I would gladly drop support for the old static HTML files generated by bbgen in favor of a modernized web interface. And the web U/I is fairly independent from the rest of Hobbit, so it is easy to change.
Regards, Henrik