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Re: [Slashcode-general] I volunteer to help resuscitate Slashcode
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From: Marc G. F. <sc...@hu...> - 2011-02-04 02:42:58
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On Thu, 3 Feb 2011, Eric Dannewitz wrote: > I'd ditch slash for wordpress. I did and have never regretted it Wordpress has its place, replacing Slashcode isn't it ... I use it for our main web site, but that is mostly static content ... ppl use it for blogs ... but, slashcode is so much more ... > > Sent from my iSomething > > On Feb 3, 2011, at 4:23 PM, George Taft <geo...@gm...> wrote: > >> An Open Letter to the Developers of Slashdot, and What's Left of the >> Slashcode Community -- >> >> I'm an avid reader of Slashdot. I don't comment much, but I've always >> been impressed by Slashdot's moderation system. It manages what should >> be an unmanageable task: ensuring a civil discussion among thousands >> and thousands of users. >> >> I've come into a situation where I now need a system much like >> Slashdot's: an extensible and scalable readership-moderated online >> discussion forum. Lo and behold, Slashdot make Slash open source years >> ago. They even got an O'Reilly book. >> >> But Slashcode was never the priority of the coders. The last official >> release is, what, nine years old? There's been much more modern code >> released, but even that's a couple of years old. What little traces I >> can find of other sites using Slash involve those sites migrating to >> something else. This message is evidently the first post on >> slashcode-general in almost a year. The coders have written that >> management of the open-source branch of the codebase is still not >> their priority. And so the userbase has almost disappeared, like so >> many Mac clones. >> >> Over the past three months, I've tried to install Slash myself, and I >> run into the sorts of problems that are documented elsewhere. I relied >> on the woefully out-of-date alternate install document at >> misterorange.com. And I still don't know: am I using the right >> distro...is there a best distro? Is this version of Perl too new? This >> version of MySQL or Apache? Why is this thing not working...and why is >> it so hard to make work? The friend who's been helping me through this >> process has constantly grumbled about the suite's age, its reliance on >> aged platforms, and wouldn't I like to try something more modern? >> >> Nevertheless, no one can name me a CMS that does as good or better a >> job of moderation. (I desperately wish someone could, because I'd be >> pleased to go use that.) The coders have given their reasoning for why >> they still use Perl and Apache 1.3: because they still work. Slashdot >> is living proof that Slashcode works. I buy their logic. >> >> I believe so strongly in its value as a discussion-moderating tool >> that I'm pledging to volunteer time to revive the Slashcode project. >> I'm asking for help from whoever will give it. >> >> I'm at best a feral coder. (I found a bug in installing 2.52 the other >> night, a typo that screws up the install at the creation of the >> "Preview" table. I was able to fix it and get the whole install done, >> but it took forever and it only half-works.) But I know what good user >> interface design looks like, and I'm an excellent writer and >> documenter. I'd like at least to help make the installation more >> user-friendly. >> >> Perhaps it's naive of me to think that this email will make something >> happen. But if you have even a smidgen of interest in making Slash >> accessible to a slightly more general audience, please, please post >> here. Let's begin this project anew. >> >> == George >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> The modern datacenter depends on network connectivity to access resources >> and provide services. The best practices for maximizing a physical server's >> connectivity to a physical network are well understood - see how these >> rules translate into the virtual world? >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/oracle-sfdevnlfb >> _______________________________________________ >> Slashcode-general mailing list >> Sla...@li... >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/slashcode-general > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > The modern datacenter depends on network connectivity to access resources > and provide services. The best practices for maximizing a physical server's > connectivity to a physical network are well understood - see how these > rules translate into the virtual world? > http://p.sf.net/sfu/oracle-sfdevnlfb > _______________________________________________ > Slashcode-general mailing list > Sla...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/slashcode-general > ---- Marc G. Fournier Hub.Org Hosting Solutions S.A. sc...@hu... http://www.hub.org Yahoo:yscrappy Skype: hub.org ICQ:7615664 MSN:sc...@hu... |
