package main import ( "time" "go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/zoopb" ) var me *stuff // this app's variables type stuff struct { hostname string // my fqdn dns zookeeper hostname pollDelay time.Duration // how often to report our status dog *time.Ticker // the watchdog timer dogchan chan bool // can kill the watchdog distro string // debian,redhat,gentoo,macos,wincrap packages *zoopb.Packages // installed packages and versions machines *zoopb.Machines // every machine that has reported itself to the zookeeper }