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Posted to modperl@perl.apache.org by "Homsher, Dave V." <DV...@bemis.com> on 2000/12/14 15:54:13 UTC
Advocacy idea ...
Hi all,
With all of the advocacy talk on the ML right now I've been
mulling around the idea of having a "peer review" forum where one could post
code that you are currently working on w/an explanation of what you are
trying to accomplish and have the community review/give suggestions
warnings, etc. or how to improve code (maybe /. style?). I know from my
experience that having others review your code is always helpful (well
almost always :) ). In my work situation right now I am the only person that
knows anything about mod_perl and we really only have one other person who
knows any Perl at all (and this was v. 4). So I know that some stupid things
are slipping through ...
I have been hesitant to suggest anything on the list as I've only been on it
for 2 months or so, but if this would be beneficial, I would be willing to
help as time permits ... I don't think that there is anything like this
around (for Perl or Java), although I could be wrong ...
Does the idea have merit? If so, how to proceed?
Dave Homsher
Webmaster,
MACtac IT
"The tree of liberty must be watered
periodically with the blood of tyrants and patriots alike.
... Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God."
- Thomas Jefferson
Re: Advocacy idea ...
Posted by "Alexander Farber (EED)" <ee...@eed.ericsson.se>.
Let's create a "Mod_perl League" - it gives us
at least one line on the first page of LWN.net
Re: Advocacy idea ...
Posted by Theo Petersen <th...@acsp.com>.
Nathan Torkington wrote:
>
> I like the idea. Is there a threaded discussion package for mod_perl?
>
mwForum does a nice job, and runs under Apache::Registry. It allows
both the usual threaded messaging and file uploads/downloads, so it's a
natural for associating files and comments.
I use it for a low-traffic customer requests/comments page, and it's
been fine.
See the home page, http://www.mawic.de/mwforum/
..Theo
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Re: Advocacy idea ...
Posted by Richard Dice <rd...@pobox.com>.
> I like the idea. Is there a threaded discussion package for mod_perl?
Good idea...
I'm working on one, kinda sorta. Right now, it's an Apache::Registry
hack based on crufty old Perl 4 code I wrote back around 5 years ago.
In other words, I won't even let other people look at it. (If anyone
out [besides Stas :-) ] there paid any attention to my question
re: opendir under my particular installation, it was actually in
support of that very DF program.)
That being said, it's on the list of things to rewrite over the next
1-2 months, database back-ending it, probably turning it into some
kind of handler, etc. I imagine I'll spent a lot of time looking over
Phorum code and installations for ideas on features and organization.
http://www.phorum.org/
If other people out there are aware of something decent along these
lines, then I'd be very happy to hear about it. It might save me
some work.
FWIW...
Cheers,
Richard
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Re: Advocacy idea ...
Posted by Nathan Torkington <gn...@frii.com>.
Homsher, Dave V. writes:
> With all of the advocacy talk on the ML right now I've been
> mulling around the idea of having a "peer review" forum where one could post
> code that you are currently working on w/an explanation of what you are
> trying to accomplish and have the community review/give suggestions
> warnings, etc. or how to improve code (maybe /. style?).
http://www.perlmonks.org/ is kinda like this. Kinda.
I like the idea. Is there a threaded discussion package for mod_perl?
cat >>take23-ideas
mod_perl application index
^D
Nat
Re:Advocacy idea ...
Posted by Mike Miller <mm...@crusoe.net>.
On Thursday, December 14, 2000, Homsher, Dave V. wrote the
following about "Advocacy idea ..."
HDV> Hi all,
HDV> With all of the advocacy talk on the ML right now I've been
HDV> mulling around the idea of having a "peer review" forum where one could post
HDV> code that you are currently working on w/an explanation of what you are
HDV> trying to accomplish and have the community review/give suggestions
HDV> warnings, etc. or how to improve code (maybe /. style?). I know from my
HDV> experience that having others review your code is always helpful (well
HDV> almost always :) ). In my work situation right now I am the only person that
HDV> knows anything about mod_perl and we really only have one other person who
HDV> knows any Perl at all (and this was v. 4). So I know that some stupid things
HDV> are slipping through ...
Perhaps as part of the "new" community on "Take23" ...
Best Regards,
Mike Miller
mmiller@crusoe.net
[OT]: Open Source ... was Re: Advocacy idea ...
Posted by Gunther Birznieks <gu...@extropia.com>.
You're describing what open source is about. People do this all the time
here on this mailing list and others. If you have some mod_perl code you
are trying to produce, put it up and write an email asking for comments.
You may not get many people reading (most people are quite busy at any
given time) but you will probably get a few.
Just don't post your code to the list itself. It's rude to bloat the mails
on the list. Provide a hyperlink to your annotated code.
At 09:54 AM 12/14/00 -0500, Homsher, Dave V. wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>With all of the advocacy talk on the ML right now I've been
>mulling around the idea of having a "peer review" forum where one could post
>code that you are currently working on w/an explanation of what you are
>trying to accomplish and have the community review/give suggestions
>warnings, etc. or how to improve code (maybe /. style?). I know from my
>experience that having others review your code is always helpful (well
>almost always :) ). In my work situation right now I am the only person that
>knows anything about mod_perl and we really only have one other person who
>knows any Perl at all (and this was v. 4). So I know that some stupid things
>are slipping through ...
>
>I have been hesitant to suggest anything on the list as I've only been on it
>for 2 months or so, but if this would be beneficial, I would be willing to
>help as time permits ... I don't think that there is anything like this
>around (for Perl or Java), although I could be wrong ...
>
>Does the idea have merit? If so, how to proceed?
>
>Dave Homsher
>Webmaster,
>MACtac IT
>
>
> "The tree of liberty must be watered
> periodically with the blood of tyrants and patriots alike.
> ... Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God."
> - Thomas Jefferson
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