Quite true. The RSS feed is particularly useful for anyone that is interested in keeping tabs on wiki changes but doesn't regularly hang out on the IRC channel. There is similarly an RSS feed on our cia.vc project page that includes all source and wiki edits for those so inclined.
Cheers! Sean On Feb 12, 2009, at 4:59 AM, Esben Rugbjerg wrote: > Hi, > > I would like to advertise a little for the RSS feed option of the > 'recent changes' page of the wiki as this facility is also a very > elegant way to get notification on new pages and updates. > > Best regards > /Esben > > On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 7:55 AM, Christopher Sean Morrison > <[email protected]> wrote: >> BRL-CAD uses a fantastic system called "CIA" to instantaneously >> announce source code changes to an Internet Relay Chat (IRC) >> discussion channel. It has pretty much nothing to do with the US >> gov't agency of the same name, but everything to do with keeping the >> most dedicated members of our project instantly informed of on-going >> activities. Notoriously difficult to track, though, are changes made >> to our wiki ... until now. >> >> We implemented an extension to Mediawiki (i.e., the wiki we use on >> the BRL-CAD website) called "CIA Notify". This extension sends change >> notifications to the CIA IRC reporting system. When an edit is made >> to our wiki, CIA is immediately informed of the change and CIA in >> turn relays a notification in real time to our project IRC channel. >> This extension works seamlessly and similarly to other version >> control system commit hooks available for CIA. See http://cia.vc for >> more information about the CIA project. >> >> See http://mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:CIAnotify for more >> information about the new CIA Notify extension to Mediawiki. >> >> Cheers! >> Sean >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> --------- >> Create and Deploy Rich Internet Apps outside the browser with Adobe >> (R)AIR(TM) >> software. With Adobe AIR, Ajax developers can use existing skills >> and code to >> build responsive, highly engaging applications that combine the >> power of local >> resources and data with the reach of the web. Download the Adobe >> AIR SDK and >> Ajax docs to start building applications today-http://p.sf.net/sfu/ >> adobe-com >> _______________________________________________ >> BRL-CAD News mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/brlcad-news >> > > > > -- > ================= > cand.polyt > Esben Rugbjerg > Guldborgvej 44, 3.th. > 2000 Frederiksberg > Danmark > email: [email protected] > mobil-tlf.: +45 28715166 > ================= > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > -------- > Create and Deploy Rich Internet Apps outside the browser with Adobe > (R)AIR(TM) > software. With Adobe AIR, Ajax developers can use existing skills > and code to > build responsive, highly engaging applications that combine the > power of local > resources and data with the reach of the web. Download the Adobe > AIR SDK and > Ajax docs to start building applications today-http://p.sf.net/sfu/ > adobe-com > _______________________________________________ > BRL-CAD Users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/brlcad-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the Enterprise -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source participation -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: SFAD http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H _______________________________________________ BRL-CAD Users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/brlcad-users
