Re: [cobalt-developers] message board is ready

["Matthew Nuzum" <newz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

That is a valid opinion.  I will post your comments to the download page,
and emphasize that it is for light duty use.

I am looking for another message board that I can package simiarly, (as well
as other program useful to Raq community) but because the only database that
I can count on being in the server is Postgres 7.0.x, it makes it slightly
difficult.

There are several very good boards that support this database, however I
have found many users to be overwhelmed with their complexity.  Bazooka
board is the first message board I've seen that satisfies my specific need
for simplicity.

I agree though, that if a customer cater's to high volume sites, this would
not be a good application.  The disk I/O would be too high.  However if a
person caters to low volume websites, an area where the Cobalt serves
exceptionally, they would probably find this to be a satisfactory option.

Matt Nuzum
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe Boise" <my_hidden_email@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <cobalt-developers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, March 18, 2002 1:49 PM
Subject: Re: [cobalt-developers] message board is ready


> I am sorry to bring this to you, but I have a bad feeling
> that your message board pkg will bring trouble to
> Raq users because of this:
>
> "Bazooka Board is a very simple bulletin board system which requires NO
database. It uses nothing more than a single text-file on
> your web server for its data storage. "
>
> Using a flat file database with a message board is going to
> cause high resource loads, esp if the boards are heavly
> visited.
>
> We ban flat file boards on our servers, they are big resource hogs.
>
> Joe
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Matthew Nuzum" <cobalt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Cobalt-Developers" <cobalt-developers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, March 15, 2002 4:48 PM
> Subject: [cobalt-developers] message board is ready
>
>
> The message board for the cobalt Raq is ready. [I THINK! Standard
> disclaimers apply: No warranty, period, could trash your server, use at
your
> own risk]
>
> You can download the PKG file at
http://www.bearfruit.org/bazooka/index.php.
> You can see it (and test it) at
> http://www.bearfruit.org/bazooka/bboard/index.php. This is my first PKG
> file, but I used Taco's neomail as my foundation.  It's actually much
> simpler than neomail.
>
> Because it's PHP based, you will need PHP on your server.  It will install
> on a Raq3 or Raq4, but I've only tested it on a Raq4.  You should not need
> to have PHP enabled for the site to use the board.  While the message
board
> is very stable and reliable, my packaging of it, or actually, it's
> implementation in a cobalt Raq setting, will probably need a little
> enhancement.
>
> I've taken every effort to prevent this package from creating any security
> implications.  I don't think you'll need to worry about it opening any
> backdoors or trashing your server.
>
> Please feel free to e-mail me directly, or if the implications are broad
in
> scope, to this list.  I monitor both the security and developer list.
>
> Here's a blurb from the page linked above:
>
> Bazooka Board is a very simple bulletin board system which requires NO
> database. It uses nothing more than a single text-file on your web server
> for its data storage.
> Bazooka Board was created to help serve those who have PHP webspace, but
no
> MySQL database support. Its goal is to be extremely simple to setup, and
> easy enough that even computer-illiterate people can use it.
>
> It was modified (ever so slightly) by me to allow virtual hosting of a
> single Bazooka Board, but in a way that each site will have it's own
> separate datastore and configuration file.
>
> Once installed, every site on the server will have a single message board
> accessible at the url http://<SITE_NAME>/bboard
>
> Check it out.  Please direct any concerns about the product to me
(directly
> prefered, but via
> the list if appropriate).  Enjoy,
> Matt Nuzum
>
>
>
>
>
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