Re^2: RFC: Add profile field "emergency contact" or such like as

[jdporter]

Whomever has set the system up this way should be rather ashamed.

That would be vroom. Or possibly even CmdrTaco.

The problem is, it is not easy to change. It is very far from trivial to change. Everything about this system is hard to change. But we've had this conversation many, many times already. No point in going around it yet again.

[Polyglot]

Perhaps I'm oblivious to what has gone round the rugged rock so many times as you say, but usually the hardest things to change are those that buck the social current or that simply have to pass a large committee. If so many of us (virtually unanimous I would hope) agree that this change would be a positive thing, why then is it difficult? If the platform is at all based on Perl, it should be cinch, right?

I don't mean to cause everyone to rehash old stuff, but if there's a link to catch me up to speed on the past conversation, I'd take a look at it.

[jdporter]

usually the hardest things to change are those that buck the social current or that simply have to pass a large committee.

Without disputing your premise, I can assure you that's not the case here. I or any of the gods can (and do) often make changes to the site's code without even consulting each other, let alone the wider membership.

If so many of us (virtually unanimous I would hope) agree that this change would be a positive thing, why then is it difficult?

lolwhat? If an idea is popular, it must be easy to implement? Are you not a programmer?

If the platform is at all based on Perl, it should be cinch, right?

lolwhat

[erzuuli]

I have added you to the pmdev group. You are now able to view all the site code and submit patches. Thank you for volunteering. I look forward to your fixes.

[Polyglot]

This took me totally by surprise. However, I would actually be interested in implementing crypt for password storage here, and would be willing to examine the code and submit suggestions for this if I might be directed to where to see the relevant code. I have not yet figured out how to see that portion of the codebase, though I noticed I may now see some of the code, apparently for the display of the various pages. Where might I find the routines for password handling?