README.rst explains what Bucky does but not why you'd want to use it
timbunce opened this issue · comments
StatsD talks to graphite directly, and collectd has the write_graphite plugin so it's not clear what advantages Bucky has to offer.
It would be great if the README.rst could clarify this.
@timbunce, bucky is a replacement for StatsD, its not an other middleman between statsd and graphite.
Because StatsD is written in/for NodeJS some people might not like that ( like me ).
Bucky is a very nice replacement for that written in python.
Okay. My point, and the reason for the Issue, is that the README.md could do a better job of explaining that and what makes it "very nice".
Ignoring the implementation language issue, it's not clear how the functionality differs and thus why someone should choose bucky vs the collectd write_graphite plugin plus statsd.
Hey guys - sorry to leave you hanging here. We wrote Bucky before Collectd's write_graphite plugin existed - it was just released in v5.1. We're still running v4.7.
I'll update the README when I get a chance. Thanks guys.