[Grub-dev] Wondering about Architecture, Bug-base, Discussions, ...

[Swaroop C H]

Bartek Jasicki wrote:
> At this moment only C# client is still under development. Rest of
> code we leave for historical reasons.
> 
> ArcExplorer - simple GUI in C++ and wxWidgets to explore .arc files
> generated by clients.
> c - console client written in C
> csharp - C# console and graphical client
> java - java client (probably not working)
> perl - simple Perl console client plus current scripts which we use as
> a servers.
> shell - very simple bash client (probably not working)
> site - page repository - all translations and changed files for Grub
> page.


Out of curiosity, why are there so many clients?
Especially because they are not all in sync?

If it is considered useful, I can work on the Perl client, if someone
is willing to guide me on Grub :)


> Main reason of quiet on mailing list is, that on Grub at this moment
> work only one person (Jeremie only maintain current servers and Seth is
> our sysadmin) - so its little hard for me to make monologue ;) We have
> few channels where you can communicate with us: mailing list, forum on
> page, IRC channel (we use this same channel which use Wikia Search -
> #wikia-search at irc.freenode.net) or simply direct mails to selected
> developer. Information about new releases of software mainly you can
> find on our page (on mailing list I only announce major versions like
> 0.6, 0.7 and so on) 


Oh wow, didn't realize there are so few people involved.

Not intending to rake a controversy, but is there a reason why? It seems
that both these people are working full-time for Wikia? Why is there
a lack of interest from outside contributors? Or is there something else 
to the bigger picture (more interest in Nutch?)


>> 5. How do the servers actually dish out the search
>> results? Is it a pure Nutch index or are there Wikia-specific code on
>> top of it?
> 
> I think better place to ask about this is Wikia Search mailing list:
> http://lists.wikia.com/mailman/listinfo/search-l
> 
> There you can find links to other mailing lists too ;)


Okay.


> Yes, all is ok, and i hope i answer good on all your questions ;) If
> you (or someone else) have any other questions about Grub - feel free
> to ask ;)


Thanks Bartek!


Regards,
Swaroop