Re: message board software

2003-03-28 Thread Steve Keay
On Thu, Mar 27, 2003 at 01:27:24PM -0500, Chris Devers wrote: > It uses PostgreSQL or MySQL as the standard data store, and needs about > half of CPAN to bootstrap itself. Works nice once you get it up & running > though. One of the annoying things about RT is that when people reply to emails they

Re: message board software

2003-03-27 Thread Nicholas Clark
On Thu, Mar 27, 2003 at 09:15:13AM -0800, Toby|Wintrmute wrote: > On Thu, Mar 27, 2003 at 03:46:21PM +, Roger Burton West wrote: > > On Thu, Mar 27, 2003 at 07:41:23AM -0800, Toby|Wintrmute wrote: > > >On Thu, Mar 27, 2003 at 03:34:01PM +, Roger Burton West wrote: > > >> So write one with a

Re: message board software

2003-03-27 Thread darren chamberlain
* Chris Devers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-03-27 13:29]: > On Thu, 27 Mar 2003, Toby|Wintrmute wrote: > > > I need to setup a message board / forum thing, and I want something > > that runs on Perl/DBI(::Pg) or Perl/Pg .. (or just a simple > > dirs+textfiles backend) > > I haven't heard of it being

Re: message board software

2003-03-27 Thread Chris Devers
On Thu, 27 Mar 2003, Toby|Wintrmute wrote: > I need to setup a message board / forum thing, and I want something that > runs on Perl/DBI(::Pg) or Perl/Pg .. (or just a simple dirs+textfiles > backend) I haven't heard of it being applied this way, but Request Tracker would probably actually be pre

Re: message board software

2003-03-27 Thread Alex McLintock
At 16:14 27/03/03, you wrote: >>>>> "darren" == darren chamberlain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: darren> Because all the problems associated with "message board" software darren> (threading, redistribution / synchronization, categorization, darren>

Re: message board software

2003-03-27 Thread Toby|Wintrmute
On Thu, Mar 27, 2003 at 03:46:21PM +, Roger Burton West wrote: > On Thu, Mar 27, 2003 at 07:41:23AM -0800, Toby|Wintrmute wrote: > >On Thu, Mar 27, 2003 at 03:34:01PM +, Roger Burton West wrote: > >> So write one with an interface usable over NNTP? > >You've lost me there. Why? > > So that

Re: message board software

2003-03-27 Thread Randal L. Schwartz
>>>>> "darren" == darren chamberlain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: darren> Because all the problems associated with "message board" software darren> (threading, redistribution / synchronization, categorization, darren> subscriptions, killfiles, an

Re: message board software

2003-03-27 Thread darren chamberlain
* Toby|Wintrmute [2003-03-27 10:40]: > On Thu, Mar 27, 2003 at 03:34:01PM +, Roger Burton West wrote: > > So write one with an interface usable over NNTP? > > You've lost me there. Why? Because all the problems associated with "message board" softw

Re: message board software

2003-03-27 Thread Roger Burton West
On Thu, Mar 27, 2003 at 07:41:23AM -0800, Toby|Wintrmute wrote: >On Thu, Mar 27, 2003 at 03:34:01PM +, Roger Burton West wrote: >> So write one with an interface usable over NNTP? >You've lost me there. Why? So that people who have actually thought about the interface they want can have it, an

Re: message board software

2003-03-27 Thread Toby|Wintrmute
On Thu, Mar 27, 2003 at 03:34:01PM +, Roger Burton West wrote: > On Thu, Mar 27, 2003 at 07:21:22AM -0800, Toby|Wintrmute wrote: > >I dislike Message boards myself. > >Mainly because it's not a solution that scales up well. > >Might be fine for a single forum, but i couldn\t manage to poll fift

Re: message board software

2003-03-27 Thread Toby|Wintrmute
On Thu, Mar 27, 2003 at 02:31:31PM +, Joel Bernstein wrote: > On Thu, Mar 27, 2003 at 05:37:23AM -0800, Toby|Wintrmute wrote: > > Ello, > > > > I need to setup a message board / forum thing, and I want something that > > runs on Perl/DBI(::Pg) or Perl/Pg .. (or just a simple dirs+textfiles > >

Re: message board software

2003-03-27 Thread Roger Burton West
On Thu, Mar 27, 2003 at 07:21:22AM -0800, Toby|Wintrmute wrote: >I dislike Message boards myself. >Mainly because it's not a solution that scales up well. >Might be fine for a single forum, but i couldn\t manage to poll fifty >sites for new messages all the time. I can quite happily manage that ma

Re: message board software

2003-03-27 Thread James Powell
On Thu, Mar 27, 2003 at 05:37:23AM -0800, Toby|Wintrmute wrote: > Ello, > > I need to setup a message board / forum thing, and I want something that runs > on Perl/DBI(::Pg) or Perl/Pg .. (or just a simple dirs+textfiles backend) > > Freshmeat has 187 projects listed: > http://freshmeat.net/brows

Re: message board software

2003-03-27 Thread Toby|Wintrmute
On Thu, Mar 27, 2003 at 03:20:01PM +0100, Philip Newton wrote: > On 27 Mar 2003 at 5:37, Toby|Wintrmute wrote: > > > I need to setup a message board / forum thing > > Consider using a Usenet server instead It's not for me. I dislike Message boards myself. Mainly because it's not a solution that

Re: message board software

2003-03-27 Thread James Powell
On Thu, Mar 27, 2003 at 02:49:57PM +, Nicholas Clark wrote: > On Thu, Mar 27, 2003 at 02:31:20PM +, James Powell wrote: > > On Thu, Mar 27, 2003 at 05:37:23AM -0800, Toby|Wintrmute wrote: > > > > I just wondered if anyone here has some reccommendations? > > > > > > Would prefer Perl, but

Re: message board software

2003-03-27 Thread Nicholas Clark
On Thu, Mar 27, 2003 at 02:31:20PM +, James Powell wrote: > On Thu, Mar 27, 2003 at 05:37:23AM -0800, Toby|Wintrmute wrote: > > I just wondered if anyone here has some reccommendations? > > > > Would prefer Perl, but PHP system would be fine too. > > phpbb seems VERY popular. > Indeed yes:

Re: message board software

2003-03-27 Thread Marna Gilligan
On Thu, 27 Mar 2003, Roger Burton West wrote: > On Thu, Mar 27, 2003 at 05:37:23AM -0800, Toby|Wintrmute wrote: > > >I just wondered if anyone here has some reccommendations? > > No, but whatever you do check Bugtraq/Fulldisc - most of the message > boards out there have unpatched security holes

Re: message board software

2003-03-27 Thread Lusercop
On Thu, Mar 27, 2003 at 02:31:20PM +, James Powell wrote: > phpbb seems VERY popular. But has the major disadvantage that it's written in PHP. (cf also Roger's comment about BugTraq / Full-Disclosure). -- Lusercop.net - LARTing Lusers everywhere since 2002

Re: message board software

2003-03-27 Thread Joel Bernstein
On Thu, Mar 27, 2003 at 05:37:23AM -0800, Toby|Wintrmute wrote: > Ello, > > I need to setup a message board / forum thing, and I want something that runs > on Perl/DBI(::Pg) or Perl/Pg .. (or just a simple dirs+textfiles backend) > > Freshmeat has 187 projects listed: > http://freshmeat.net/brows

Re: message board software

2003-03-27 Thread James Powell
On Thu, Mar 27, 2003 at 05:37:23AM -0800, Toby|Wintrmute wrote: > Ello, > > I need to setup a message board / forum thing, and I want something that runs > on Perl/DBI(::Pg) or Perl/Pg .. (or just a simple dirs+textfiles backend) > > Freshmeat has 187 projects listed: > http://freshmeat.net/brows

Re: message board software

2003-03-27 Thread Philip Newton
On 27 Mar 2003 at 5:37, Toby|Wintrmute wrote: > I need to setup a message board / forum thing Consider using a Usenet server instead Cheers, Philip -- Philip Newton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: message board software

2003-03-27 Thread Roger Burton West
On Thu, Mar 27, 2003 at 05:37:23AM -0800, Toby|Wintrmute wrote: >I just wondered if anyone here has some reccommendations? No, but whatever you do check Bugtraq/Fulldisc - most of the message boards out there have unpatched security holes in them. One of these days I may get round to writing one

Re: message board software

2003-03-27 Thread Dave Cross
From: Toby|Wintrmute <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 3/27/03 1:37:23 PM > Ello, > > I need to setup a message board / forum thing, and I want > something that runs on Perl/DBI(::Pg) or Perl/Pg .. (or > just a simple dirs+textfiles backend) nms has a fixed (i.e. completely rewritten) version of wwwbo

message board software

2003-03-27 Thread Toby|Wintrmute
Ello, I need to setup a message board / forum thing, and I want something that runs on Perl/DBI(::Pg) or Perl/Pg .. (or just a simple dirs+textfiles backend) Freshmeat has 187 projects listed: http://freshmeat.net/browse/95/?topic_id=95 Most seem to MySQL based, or else don't specify what they u