Re: [pimppa-users] I must be dense...
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From: Igor W. <iwr...@us...> - 2006-05-27 13:46:07
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On Wed, 24 May 2006, LASZLO ACS wrote: > So, I guess this is one of those rocket-science tools where ya gotta be > a whiz-bang genius geek or something. I do some searching (my soul and > elsewhere), finally stumbling upon your PIMPPA home on the web. I look > at the site for a while, stumbling on a page that holds the "READ ME" > document - GASP! This looks really complicated... > I guess I'll need to take a vacation to get this working... As usually is the case with open source software, I made it for my own use originally, and slick setup wasn't one of the most important design criteria. :) For those who know their way around Linux, its not too difficult. The text file SETUP included in the original distribution archive (from pimppa.sourceforge.net, for example) contains step-by-step instructions for the installation starting from the compilation of the source code. When it comes to distros like Ubuntu, I'm happy if its accessible from them, but I feel its the role of the package maintainers to make the installation procedure compatible with the general way of doing things in the resp. distribution, or, to provide a small piece of documentation how the package is actually made to work there. I'm not currently personally maintaining any binary packages for any distribution. > I sure would appreciate a bit of assistance from someone having a sense > of humor and patience while I continue to stumble through ... One thing that comes to mind is that many drops of water have passed under the bridges of the world since I originally coded PIMPPA. It could be that there are sexier and easier to use software packages available for news-harvesting today. I haven't checked lately, I still run pimppa by CRON and I'm reasonably happy with it. But it might be a good idea to take a look at the competitors. I tried to provide some links on pimppa homepage to other similar software, but I don't know if they're the state of the art any more. :) Cheers, Igor |