Re: [lm-sensors] Submitting motherboard-specific support? (w/

[Axel Thimm <Axel.Thimm@ATrpms.net>]

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On Tue, Aug 21, 2007 at 10:45:10AM +0200, Jean Delvare wrote:
> > I do have a friend who is a php guru who is willing to write a php driven site 
> > for us if we can provide him with proper specs.
> > 
> > I can start writing a spec for the website as time permits, then discuss it 
> > here, and once approved ask him to write it (under an OSS license of course).
> 
> Writing it is one thing, hosting it is another. Axel, maybe I already
> asked, can't remember: can we host a PHP app on lm-sensors.org?

Sure, as long as someone manages the app and any involved security
issues. PHP is rather tricky and needs good care security-wise.

> > Another option would be to stay with the wiki, add some special
> > markup comments for the dmi strings and write a script to generate
> > a tarbal / "database" for the dmi based detect code. For me
> > putting the info in the wiki works well, its not like we are
> > getting multiple motherboard configs per day, and the wiki keeps
> > history which can be benifitial (a sufficiently advanced website
> > could do this too).
> 
> I'd prefer a dedicated interface where anyone can contribute its
> configuration. The target configuration count is in hundreds if not
> thousands, that's not something we want to handle manually.
> 
> That being said, if someone _else_ is going to take care, it doesn't
> matter that much to me ;) The usual open development rule applies:
> whoever does the job decides how it should be done. I simply haven't
> looked enough into it all yet, for now I'm focusing on getting
> libsensors4 ready so that we can release it before the end of the
> year.

I would also tend to recommend a wiki. The stumbing block is the spam
issue, and I think if we write a simple mailman like registration
module (for example in PHP :) we could have people register once and
then use wiki/trac/tickets/svn etc. as you like (not as flat as it
sounds, but with some lm-sensors heads elevating permissions as
needed, e.g. self-registration allows wiki/ticket editing, and svn
write access needs a bit flip by an lm-sensors leader etc)

Hans, maybe your PHP friend expert (is that Romain copied in the Cc?)
would be interested in this general purpose registration module
stealing some methods from mailman?
-- 
Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net

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