At 15:51 13/03/2001, you wrote:
>* Dave Cross ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> > My opinion is that the only way this project could work is if the scripts
> > worked on _any_ web server on _any_ platform with _no_ extra modules. Matt
> > Wright can achieve that and we're all much cleverer than he is, so we
> > should be able to do it too.
>
>i originally shared your viewpoint on this, but what changed my
>mind is the following scenario,
>
> some random perl monger, lets call them dave for ease has
> a really cool forums script. unfortunatly dave's script
> uses TT and dave hasn't time to replace the TT elements.
>
>do you exclude this script from the archive on the basis that it
>uses TT?
>
>this question defines the archive of scripts a little. is the
>collection of scripts specifically aimed at the lowest commond
>denominator and tackling the MW problem directly, or is that
>just its core mission, and other scripts are welcome.
I think our first priority is to replace Matt's scripts with the
"idiot-installable" versions that we've been discussing.
If we have other, more complex, scripts available then I'd be very happy to
see them in the archive, but they must be clearly marked as being more
complex to use.
I've just seen a downside to the "no non-standard modules" rule, which is
that we'll have to send all mail by piping to sendmail. And that really
hits your cross-platform compatibility.
Dave...
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