• add a library function that checks if a command exists and is executable (and returns the full path to the command.) This will fix LP#545029 (https://bugs.launchpad.net/nav/+bug/545029)
• remove getRequiredArguments() from all checkers (it is never called, and just confuses anyone who works on the code) (done)
• replace timeoutsocket.py with builtin standard Python socket methods settimeout() and makefile('r+') (done)
• remove core.py (which is no longer used) (done)
• make .descr parser a little more robust (it doesn't handle empty arguments (like 'args=')
• fix server version in DnsChecker once and for all by adding: version = version.replace(“'”, “\\'”)
• write a new checkservice?
• remove duplicate code from http/https checkers (done)

• update copyright notices (done for checkers)

https://heimdal.uit.no/hg/olemb/servicemon-spring-cleaning/