[cobalt-developers] Peer review needed: Message board

["Matthew Nuzum" <cobalt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

This didn't make it through the first time.  Sorry if it comes through
twice.
 > > I heartily agree, but... enabling on a per-site basis would be very
> > difficult.  That means an admin panel written for the thing.  Because it
> > would have to get into the httpd.conf to put the alias in on a per-site
> > basis, that means the panel would have to be part of the cobalt admin
panel.
> > I don't know if I have the time to delve into that.
>
> Can't you just do something extremely simple, like not create the
> directory automatically.  Then the user can't go there <smile>.
>
> Then a small independent gui could create the directory.
>
> Or create the directory with another name, or give the files the wrong
> permissions, and write a front-end to a small script to do the
> renaming/chmoding.
 For now, I'm going to put the data files in a sub of /home/bboard.  After
 reading a previous post by you mentioning that you use CMU to do backups, I
 understand your reasoning of why you don't like this technique.

 Because I'm sure there's a number of things that can be improved, I'm going
to release it using the "simple way" for now, and then as people try it, we
can hopefully produce a better solution.


 >
> > I did think of an alternate solution, but I don't think many people
would
> > like it, even if it is something that can be easily done.  When the pkg
file
> > is installed, a cron job could be scheduled to do maitenance.  It could
be
> > written to look for a "pending job" file in /home/bboard.  If the
pending
> > job file exists, it will do what's necessary, include creating bboards
for
> > people.
>
> Why don't you think people would like it?
I don't know, it just makes me a little paranoid.  I guess as long as I
submit it to peer review, it should be OK.

My other concern is people's desire for instant gratification.  It's one of
the cobalt's selling points.  We'll have to discuss this in more detail once
we find the faults with the current implemenation.

>
> > The board is written in PHP, which means inittially it'll be a Raq4
item.
> > Sorry.
>
> I still don't think it's important or even a good idea to include PHP.
For now, the header and footer will be editable by only someone with CLI
access to the server.  We'll figure out the best solution, I'm sure it won't
take long.

>
> > Believe me when I say that if they want UBB, you don't have to worry
about
> > this little free-bee competing.  It's very simple.
>
I like phorum, it's simple, but you can add bells and whistles as needed.

This forum I'm publishing now is very lite duty and simplistic.  It won't
compete with Phorum.

 >
> Jeff
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 Matt Nuzum