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STE'86
Registered: Jul 2009
Posts: 274 |
CSDB as a "released at" field?
right,
Celtic has asked me to post the following for further discussion on here:
in the same manner as the Compunet entry has been added as a "released at" option, another addition could be made as "CSDB" to denote the modern entries that have been/will be first released directly onto CSDB and not the web/scene/parties/compos. to reflect CSDBs position in the current scene as CNET was in the past.
DISCUSS PLEASE
the admins will make a decision based on the discussion.
i will abstain from the discussion because i raised the question.
Steve |
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CreaMD
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 3057 |
Martin, there is no reason not to release that, and I'm sure Perff will do it whenever he decides to do it. I vaguely recall someone speaking about having the database exported for backup somehwere anyway. But I don't know if that was CSDB or something else.
And by the way, this thread was about "released at" field and not about CMS and improvements etc, so please be so kind and stop spreading your foolish quarell with Groepaz to new threads. |
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McMeatLoaf
Registered: Jan 2005
Posts: 108 |
CreaMD: Speaking of backups, how often is the database backed up? A hard drive crash IMHO would be an absolutely horrific scenario, considering the huge mass of scene material here at stake...
(Sorry for hijacking the thread) |
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CreaMD
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 3057 |
Dunno how often, I'm just mod here. You have to ask Perff. I'm pretty sure he has set up back ups etc. |
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Martin Piper
Registered: Nov 2007
Posts: 722 |
Quoting CreaMD
And by the way, this thread was about "released at" field and not about CMS and improvements etc, so please be so kind and stop spreading your foolish quarell with Groepaz to new threads.
Your comment is wrong and off topic. There is nothing about a quarell and your comment misrepresents the situation. The problem is Groepaz's and now your very off topic comments.
On topic, one way this thread question can be answered is by using a different CMS. The technical aspects of that are something I and others can help with. This is because some of us are programmers with relevant experience. That is why points about a CMS are on topic and relevant to this topic. |
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TNT
Account closed
Registered: Oct 2004
Posts: 189 |
Quoting Martin PiperI cannot see any harm in releasing the database for this site along with source code.
I can. Vulnerabilities are much easier to find when you have the source. You as one of us programmers should be aware of that. |
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Martin Piper
Registered: Nov 2007
Posts: 722 |
Quoting TNTI can. Vulnerabilities are much easier to find when you have the source. You as one of us programmers should be aware of that.
That is a common mistake to make. Trying to any hide bad code is no way to try to be secure. With many more eyes looking problems are found quicker than having one person trying to any hide bad code.
Generally speaking in software development it pays to have more eyes looking at the code. |
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Oswald
Registered: Apr 2002
Posts: 5094 |
Martin, did you notice, that you always know everything better than anyone else ?:) |
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Martin Piper
Registered: Nov 2007
Posts: 722 |
Not really. Programming is such a large field that it is impossible to know everything. I don't remember in depth knowledge about scan cycle timings and sprites active with VIC memory access timings. So you don't see me comment on those threads. But on topics I'm good at then I might comment. Which is why when I do comment I'm usually right. ;) |
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Perplex
Registered: Feb 2009
Posts: 255 |
Quoting TNTVulnerabilities are much easier to find when you have the source.
Yeah, much easier to find and then fix or report so that it can be fixed. That was your point, was it?
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