Subj : Re: Synchronet vs. Mystic
To : Dumas Walker
From : Jas Hud
Date : Mon May 09 2022 11:46 pm
|03Quoting message from |11Dumas Walker |03to |11Nick Andre
|03on |1109 May 22 18:20:00|03.
> Synchronet also apparently has very advanced scripting capabilities and can
DW> be
> tailored to every conceivable fantasy one dreams up. I challenge you to give
> me a scenario where you absolutely MUST have that source code to run a board
DW>
DW> I once had to change the javascript source to get the news program to do
DW> something that IREX did. I did not submit it upstream because I did not kn
DW> how at the time. I also didn't now how to code javascript but was able to
DW> figure it out.
DW>
well i dont know if you can count changing the javascript as modifying source.
is it? i'm sure nick will say the opposite of whatever my opinion is.
i do have a script that 'packs' my user base. which rob says is a no no.
this is due to msg pointers and private msgs [not emails].
i just copy over a default msg pointer to all those packed new accounts.
when i was real anal about having deleted users in my user records i came up
with it. it's really not that much of a benefit.
then i had a script that tracker helped me on that deletes users based on
whatever criteria you you want. that is useful sometimes. right now i leave
all that stuff alone and let the bbs run.
now people do change the source. ragnarok does this. there's a few other guys
over the years that have dropped out bbsing that changed the source around.
there's also a lot of contributions that are added in by various people.
nick and g00r00 don't know about this because they don't look.
it's there for anybody to see.
... Gee, Mr. Wizard! Aren't nuclear reactors dangerous?
