Hi, let me bug you all once again :)
2010/4/1 Frank Karlitschek <[email protected]>: > Hi Clément, > > thank you for your message. > > > On 01.04.2010, at 17:17, Clément 'clemux' Schreiner wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> I read that Frank added the "rss reader with syncing" to the roadmap for >> version 1.1, and I'd like to work on that. >> Do you have any specific ideas how to do it ? > > Not really. So your input is welcome. :-) > I do ... as always. Sorry about that :) >> >> I'll introduce quickly how I would do it, but I don't know if this would be >> the right way, so I'd like to hear your suggestions :) >> >> A server pulls RSS feeds periodically and stores them in a SQL database, or >> maybe using with Akonadi, or something else. Each feed would have tags and/or >> categories , and a state (read, unread, new, ...) > > Good idea. We should definetly look into using pubsubhubbub protocol both as a client (for getting updated from 3rd party feeds) and as a server (for pushing-out our updates). > > >> The different readers would stay connected to the server, receiving new >> articles in a "push-like" way. They could choose to get only unread articles >> (for limited bandwidth on mobile devices for example), and to read them >> directly from the server, or instead first storing them locally to keep a >> cache. >> > > Yes. > Look above :P >> >> My main problem is the communication between the server and the readers... do >> you know any protocol that would be suitable for this use, or we should >> develop our own? >> > Look above :P > I´m not sure. You should ask the Akonady guys. I think they are working on a > Akonady ressource for Akregator. > You could also look into the Google Reader protocol. Perhaps we can use this > too. > > > >> I was also wondering has PHP been chosen as the only language for the >> project, >> or could Python be used for the server part of this newsfeed reader? > > Hmm, I think it is important that "installation" of the owncloud is as easy > as possible and runs on as many servers as possible. > If we rely on Python we limit the number of users who can run ownCloud > because their hoster doesn´t have Python support. > > So I suggest to use PHP because it works basically everywhere. Unless it is > _really_ important to use something else. > > While I really prefer python over php, I'd avoid having 10 languages in implementation. But mind me :) >> By the way, I'm a student, so it would be great if you thought that I could >> turn this idea into a GSoC proposal :) >> > > Sure. Why not. You can aways submit a GSoC proposal. :-) > :) Good luck my friend. > Cheers, Mario >> >> Cheers >> >> >> Clément Schreiner > > > Cheers > Frank > > > -- > Frank Karlitschek > [email protected] > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Owncloud mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/owncloud > _______________________________________________ Owncloud mailing list [email protected] https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/owncloud
