That is a valid opinion. I will post your comments to the download page, and emphasize that it is for light duty use.
I am looking for another message board that I can package simiarly, (as well as other program useful to Raq community) but because the only database that I can count on being in the server is Postgres 7.0.x, it makes it slightly difficult. There are several very good boards that support this database, however I have found many users to be overwhelmed with their complexity. Bazooka board is the first message board I've seen that satisfies my specific need for simplicity. I agree though, that if a customer cater's to high volume sites, this would not be a good application. The disk I/O would be too high. However if a person caters to low volume websites, an area where the Cobalt serves exceptionally, they would probably find this to be a satisfactory option. Matt Nuzum ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe Boise" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, March 18, 2002 1:49 PM Subject: Re: [cobalt-developers] message board is ready > I am sorry to bring this to you, but I have a bad feeling > that your message board pkg will bring trouble to > Raq users because of this: > > "Bazooka Board is a very simple bulletin board system which requires NO database. It uses nothing more than a single text-file on > your web server for its data storage. " > > Using a flat file database with a message board is going to > cause high resource loads, esp if the boards are heavly > visited. > > We ban flat file boards on our servers, they are big resource hogs. > > Joe > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Matthew Nuzum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Cobalt-Developers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, March 15, 2002 4:48 PM > Subject: [cobalt-developers] message board is ready > > > The message board for the cobalt Raq is ready. [I THINK! Standard > disclaimers apply: No warranty, period, could trash your server, use at your > own risk] > > You can download the PKG file at http://www.bearfruit.org/bazooka/index.php. > You can see it (and test it) at > http://www.bearfruit.org/bazooka/bboard/index.php. This is my first PKG > file, but I used Taco's neomail as my foundation. It's actually much > simpler than neomail. > > Because it's PHP based, you will need PHP on your server. It will install > on a Raq3 or Raq4, but I've only tested it on a Raq4. You should not need > to have PHP enabled for the site to use the board. While the message board > is very stable and reliable, my packaging of it, or actually, it's > implementation in a cobalt Raq setting, will probably need a little > enhancement. > > I've taken every effort to prevent this package from creating any security > implications. I don't think you'll need to worry about it opening any > backdoors or trashing your server. > > Please feel free to e-mail me directly, or if the implications are broad in > scope, to this list. I monitor both the security and developer list. > > Here's a blurb from the page linked above: > > Bazooka Board is a very simple bulletin board system which requires NO > database. It uses nothing more than a single text-file on your web server > for its data storage. > Bazooka Board was created to help serve those who have PHP webspace, but no > MySQL database support. Its goal is to be extremely simple to setup, and > easy enough that even computer-illiterate people can use it. > > It was modified (ever so slightly) by me to allow virtual hosting of a > single Bazooka Board, but in a way that each site will have it's own > separate datastore and configuration file. > > Once installed, every site on the server will have a single message board > accessible at the url http://<SITE_NAME>/bboard > > Check it out. Please direct any concerns about the product to me (directly > prefered, but via > the list if appropriate). Enjoy, > Matt Nuzum > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > cobalt-developers mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://list.cobalt.com/mailman/listinfo/cobalt-developers _______________________________________________ cobalt-developers mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://list.cobalt.com/mailman/listinfo/cobalt-developers
