[PD] GSoC web project idea

[dmotd]

hey hans, 

for what its worth, the pd-list is indexed on markmail.org, which has a very 
powerful search facility. 

a simple query of: 
[list:at.iem extension:pd writesf~]
finds a post on any of the pd lists, with a reference to writesf~ and a 
attached pd file..

or if i want to stalk you and every patch you have ever posted: 
[list:at.iem extension:pd from:"Hans-Christoph Steiner"]

trying to index a mail database is in my opinion quite outside the scope of pd 
documentation, even if it could make trawling through list archives simpler. i 
would certainly hate to be the student whose job it is to maintain a database 
of current or previously submitted attachments.. even if this job was 
automated, sifting out peoples problem posts from the articulate solutions is 
about as much fun as sorting spam on hotmail.

i essentially like the idea but i really think this comes down to a few 
disciplined people on the list wanting to maintain a slice of 
puredata.org/pdpedia every time they see a piece of pd magic.

cheers,

dmotd

On Monday 09 March 2009 05:08:54 Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
> I've had an idea for a long time for a web interface to the patches
> that people post to the pd-list.  Basically, lots of really great code
> is posted to the Pd list, but it is not very easy to find it there.
> What if there was a searchable database of all patches posted to the
> pd list.  You could search by object name to see all patches that use
> a certain object, then download it.
>
> I think that someone who was a decent web programmer could do this.
> Perhaps using something like Lucene, or really whatever.  Is it worth
> a summer of code project?
>
> .hc
>
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