X-Git-Url: https://git.octo.it/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=src%2Fcollectd-python.pod;h=6a83b97fd0a01e2d603a379edf29a085484e2fca;hb=4eca75de34e9c3d7f2391b9c7a5951a27a713804;hp=0202b774291f7e0c9f9278288b96b749d910b482;hpb=d13079a4a43fcfc6318fea206f4d29512d8debe5;p=collectd.git diff --git a/src/collectd-python.pod b/src/collectd-python.pod index 0202b774..6a83b97f 100644 --- a/src/collectd-python.pod +++ b/src/collectd-python.pod @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ for collectd in Python. This is a lot more efficient than executing a Python-script every time you want to read a value with the C (see L) and provides a lot more functionality, too. -The minimum required Python version is I<2.3>. +The minimum required Python version is I<2.6>. =head1 CONFIGURATION @@ -94,11 +94,12 @@ way of entering your commands. The daemonized collectd won't do that. =item * -B<2.> collectd will block I. Pressing I will usually cause +B<2.> Python will be handling I. Pressing I will usually cause collectd to shut down. This would be problematic in an interactive session, -therefore this signal will be blocked. You can still use it to interrupt -syscalls like sleep and pause but it won't generate a I -exception either. +therefore Python will be handling it in interactive sessions. This allows you +to use I to interrupt Python code without killing collectd. This also +means you can catch I exceptions which does not work during +normal operation. To quit collectd send I (press I at the beginning of a new line). @@ -679,22 +680,6 @@ To register those functions with collectd: See the section L<"CLASSES"> above for a complete documentation of the data types used by the read, write and match functions. -=head1 NOTES - -=over 4 - -=item * - -Please feel free to send in new plugins to collectd's mailing list at -EcollectdEatEcollectd.orgE for review and, possibly, -inclusion in the main distribution. In the latter case, we will take care of -keeping the plugin up to date and adapting it to new versions of collectd. - -Before submitting your plugin, please take a look at -L. - -=back - =head1 CAVEATS =over 4 @@ -732,7 +717,7 @@ dispatched by the python plugin after upgrades. =item * Not all aspects of the collectd API are accessible from Python. This includes -but is not limited to filters and data sets. +but is not limited to filters. =back