Future of Monit (was Re: roadmap - any date ?)

[Jan-Henrik Haukeland]

Hello Jeremy

The long answer is that we are currently thinking about the next move for Monit 
and nothing is decided yet. We have two options; 1) either do small incremental 
changes and improvements which we are doing now. This means no major new 
features and that the "next plan" will be put on hold 2) or do 1-2 months full 
time development and realize the plan plus more. 50% of the plan is already 
implemented so it is definitely within the realm of possibilities.

But there are few incentives for us to do 2) and finalize a new major overhaul 
of Monit. Personally I really want to see it through, but it will cost a lot of 
time (and by proxy money). We are very grateful for all who support us by 
purchasing a M/Monit license, but unfortunately it is not enough to sustain 
full time development, although each purchase really helps us and gives us some 
time to work on Monit as well as M/Monit.

If we are going to do option 2) we will most likely go for a MySQL model where 
we dual license Monit. So that those that want to put Monit in HW boxes can 
purchase a commercial license, hopefully this will support OSS development of 
Monit in the future. If I feel that this would be a viable model I would start 
on development right away, but I'm currently uncertain.

I'm sorry for this long rant and for not giving you a clear answer, but 
hopefully things will turn out for the best (i.e. option 2) in not too long a 
time.

Any thoughts by anyone on the list on our conundrum and ideas/suggestions for 
the future of Monit would also be much appreciated.

Jan-Henrik


On Jan 14, 2011, at 9:59 AM, Jeremy Monnet wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I am very interested in using monit to fulfill one of my client's
> need, but I would the support for external commands. As I see it is
> planned [1], I wonder if you know about when this feature could be
> delivered ? Has the work already begun on this topic ? I had a look at
> the repository, but could'nt find anything related in the source code.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Jeremy
> [1] http://mmonit.com/monit/next/