Re: Everything2 github repository and being of value to perlmonks

[Corion]

Just to give you a quick heads-up - I very much welcome the move to git and the idea to move code out of the database and into git, or at least steps in that direction.

My current "problem" is that I'm quite busy with other (Perl) projects for the foreseeable future. That does not mean that your idea is unwelcome!

[JayBonci]

Is the perlmonks code currently anywhere in source control that's publicly accessible?

[jdporter]

No; and to make matters worse, there are some nodes which are accessible only by the gods; pmdev (that includes you) do not have access. However, I think the subset of these which are critical ("infrastructure" nodes) is quite small.

[JayBonci]

It's pretty likely that I could (gently) scrape the site with displaytype=xml, transform the XML, and get most of the data needed to bootstrap a perlmonks clone in the same way as we do with E2, and allow people who are so inclined to work locally or apply proper source control to the software on the site

My concern is whether or not those who are in charge of PM would object to me doing so in an open-source fashion. It'd be great if this sister site could benefit from my tools and later performance improvements. I might also have to adjust the E2 core libraries a bit, but I'd imagine they're 90% similar if you disclude the Everything::Experience bit. Is there a particular contact in the administration who might be most appropriate to direct this kind of a proposal?