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'''Attendees:''' Krzysztof, Jabir, Nikolay, Piotr, kwiatrox, mkobyli, octo, Borja, mmilews

== collectd 5.11.1 date ==

* Only one fix in the 5.11 branch, 00653846cdaf47fb7b7f73aa38c30ec101c26a78. Postponing to next meeting.

== Interns! ==

* Barometer project will have summer interns, starting in June. They will be working on automated functional tests.

== Go plugins ==

* [octo] Bootstrap repository at https://github.com/octo/go-plugins. Will be moved to the ''collectd'' organization shortly.
* [Nikolay] CERN has many Python plugins. Is there interest?
* [octo] Yes, prefer to move them to a separate "python-plugins" repository.

== Issue grooming session ==

# ntpd plugin: private mode (7) is now deprecated {{Issue|932}}
#* NTPd deprecated "mode 7" which is no longer enabled server side by default.
#* Recommendation is to use "mode 6", which is standardized.
#* "mode 6" is human readable, so parser needs to be rewritten.
#: → flaged as bug (was feature request), left open, low priority
# Feature Request: need for self monitoring plugin (collectd getting metrics from itself) {{Issue|849}}
#* Provide metrics about collectd's own operation
#* Nice to have.
#* FR has been open for ~5 years without movement.
#: → Pinged the issue and set the "Waiting for response – 1st time" label.
# nginx plugin: support several instances {{Issue|780}}
#* Offer to review a PR was not picked up in ~4 years.
#: → Closed due to inactivity
# curl enhancement {{Issue|614}}
#* User wants to match depending on a value on the preceding line.
#* Renamed to "curl plugin: Enable multi-line matching."
#: → Provided work around and closed.
# Allow includes from within &lt;Plugin&gt; scope {{Issue|476}}
#* Offer to review a PR was not picked up in ~4 years.
#: → Closed due to inactivity