From 0f0a943d5429cf8db0f7f6cc9bc2679ed9329901 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Holger Weiss Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2014 22:58:44 +0100 Subject: Rename Nagios Plugins to Monitoring Plugins This is a first step of replacing the name "Nagios Plugins" with "Monitoring Plugins" where appriopriate. Some news items and FAQ entries are also created or updated. More to come. --- web/input/news/new-project-name.md | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 36 insertions(+) create mode 100644 web/input/news/new-project-name.md (limited to 'web/input/news/new-project-name.md') diff --git a/web/input/news/new-project-name.md b/web/input/news/new-project-name.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..9a4e5a1 --- /dev/null +++ b/web/input/news/new-project-name.md @@ -0,0 +1,36 @@ +title: New Project Name: Monitoring Plugins +author: Holger Weiß +date: 2014-01-15 +--- + +In the past, the domain `nagios-plugins.org` pointed to a server independently +maintained by us, the Nagios Plugins Development Team. Today, the DNS records +were modified to point to web space controlled by Nagios Enterprises instead. +This change was done without prior notice. + +This means the project can no longer use the name "Nagios Plugins". We, the +Nagios Plugins Development Team, therefore renamed the Nagios Plugins to +*Monitoring Plugins*. + + +We're not too happy having to make this move. Renaming the project will lead +to some confusion, and to quite a bit of work for others and for ourselves. +We would've preferred to save everyone this trouble. + +However, we *do* like how the new name indicates that our plugins are also +used with various other monitoring applications these days. While the Nagios +folks created the original implementation of the core plugins bundle, an +independent team has taken over development more than a decade ago, and the +product is intended to be useful for *all* users, including, but not limited +to, the customers of Nagios Enterprises. + +It'll probably take us a few days to sort out various issues caused by the new +project name, but we're confident that we can resume our development work +towards the next stable releases very soon. + +We'd like to take the chance to thank you, our community, for your countless +contributions, which made the plugins what they are today. You guys are +awesome. We're looking forward to the next chapter of Monitoring Plugins +development, and we hope you are, too! + + -- cgit v1.2.3-74-g34f1