[Grub-dev] do we even really need a native client

[Will Jenkins]

Hello,

I just wanted to introduce myself. I'm keen to get involved with  
developing Grub. My background is in Java development with a working  
knowledge of perl. I work for Apple though not in a software  
development role so would be well placed to help get something off the  
ground for Mac OS X.

Let me know how best I can help,

Will


On 8 Jan 2008, at 21:25, jer wrote:

> I just checked this into subversion and will attach it here, if you  
> know perl hopefully it isn't too obtuse to read and get an idea of  
> how it works, which is very very simple (compared to the old SOAP  
> interface).
>
> I'm trying to get a new dispatch.grub.org officially set up and a  
> whole bunch of work units available under it.  It'll just use HTTP  
> basic auth and probably 250-url sized work units.  It should be  
> really really easy to code grub clients in any language or  
> environment :)
>
> <babygrub.pl>
>
> On Jan 8, 2008, at 2:34 PM, Yousef Ourabi wrote:
>
>> Anxiously awaiting commits!
>>
>> So I take it the server re-write is ready for its first public  
>> showing?
>>
>>
>>
>> On 1/8/08, jer < jeremie at jabber.org> wrote:The model you described  
>> is scarily close to the one I'll be proposing
>> and demonstrating as soon as I get caught up on email.  I've had a
>> next-gen prototype working for over a month now and am very happy
>> with the model, I'll try to share it here asap :)
>>
>> On Jan 8, 2008, at 12:38 PM, Yousef Ourabi wrote:
>>
>> > So, I'm probably going to get blocked by the spam filters at this
>> > rate -- and for future reference I apologize to anyone forced to
>> > endure my brain dump.
>> >
>> > As I sit here, typing into this gmail inputbox via Firefox after
>> > just finishing my rant on why the client should be written in a
>> > dynamic language -- the thought occurs to me that perhaps the
>> > notion of a native client is very 90's and what we should really be
>> > thinking about are browser extensions that implement the same
>> > functionality if not more.
>> >
>> > [[ Disclaimer: this is not an original idea, I believe the Heretix
>> > folks are or were up to something similar with the "Monkeys"
>> > project if memory serves correctly ]]
>> >
>> > Think of this:
>> > A Firefox plugin that meets current functionally (gets list of
>> > URIs, crawls, creates ARC, puts to grub.org...)
>> > But also (with user consent / warning) registers new urls with the
>> > grub server
>> >
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