Re: [NTLK] The (Not quite ready yet) newtontracker.

From: carpman_at_newtontracker.net
Date: Mon Jul 02 2001 - 21:37:51 EDT


>
> I am (slowly) working on a full information database system for UNNA.
> Someone before suggested that I should make this DB versiontracker-like,
> but this wouldn't work for a few reasons:
>
> 1) UNNA submissions all go through me, and are only updated whenever I
> feel like it or have a good chunk of stuff to upload. The submissions are
> not necessarially new versions or whatever. Versiontracker is much more
> fluid and decentralized thatn waht UNNA is now, and I'm not sure I'm ready
> to make such a change.
>
> 2) UNNA is an archive, not a news site.
>
> 3) The database schema which Paul and I have now hammered out is pretty
> solid, once I write a bit of software glue. I don't want to mess with a
> good thing.
>
> The current status of the UNNA database is:
>
> -We have a solid idea of what the DB is going to look like internally
> -The tables have been built in the database
>
> I need to find some time to sit down and write some basic PHP interfaces.
>
> Anyone with a solid experience in PHP, mySQL, and/or NetBSD is welcome to
> volunteer their time....
>
Well, do you mind if I put the packages into newtontracker, and update the entries on my own time?
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