Had same thought.  Will do.
Am 14.05.2013 11:33 schrieb "Bernerd Schaefer" <notifications@github.com>:

> In web/status.go:
>
> >  }
> >
> > -func (h *StatusHandler) ServeRequestsForever() {
> > -	flags := map[string]string{}
> > +func (h *StatusHandler) setStatus() {
> > +	if h.PrometheusStatus == nil {
> > +		h.mutex.Lock()
>
> I believe the race detector will still (correctly) report this as a data
> race. Since it only happens once, I'd prefer to see it incorporated into,
> say, a NewStatusHandler() function.
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