-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 2011-04-29 00:48, David C. Rankin wrote:

I have found the web-interface at search.opensuse woefully lacking and cumbersome to use.

The worst is that it only searches internally, it doesn't report on packman, videolan... - -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 11.2 x86_64 "Emerald" at Telcontar) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.12 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk2588AACgkQtTMYHG2NR9WATQCfWEj90eK+vNvX4qguytnW/TBJ TD8AoIKach7bF6yHJG/W12FoG7Ton7sG =qHe6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

On 04/28/2011 07:06 PM, Carlos E. R. pecked at the keyboard and wrote:

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On 2011-04-29 00:15, David C. Rankin wrote:

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Guys,

Just checking on webpin CLI. I still can't use it. However, I'm getting a new response:

It was working for 11.2 till a month or two ago, then it stopped working. The server has probably died. For 11.3 and 11.4 it has never worked, as far as I know, probably because the server was not told about them.

...

Does this mean it should work, but isn't at the moment -- or -- is webpin cli still dead completely?

I think it is dead, for lack of interest. The maintainer has forgotten his kid, he doesn't even bother to remove it and tell us to forget webpin. I don't know who he is.

:-(

It first says (in unreadable light grey on white background):

cer@Telcontar:~> webpin man ... performing request on http://software.opensuse-community.org/ws/searchservice/Search/Simple/openSU...

And later changes to this:

cer@Telcontar:~> webpin man ERROR: caught exception while connecting and sending request to server: connection timed out after 60 seconds cer@Telcontar:~>

- -- Cheers / Saludos,

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The creator was active on this list back when webpin was created. Perhaps the archives could reveal the author. -- Ken Schneider SuSe since Version 5.2, June 1998 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

* Carlos E. R. [01-01-70 12:34]:

And this must be the original developer of the engine:

Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 18:11:42 +0100 From: Benji Weber <> To: opensuse-project@opensuse.org Subject: [opensuse-project] Package Search : Hosting request

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-project/2007-04/msg00128.html

His last post was in 2008-03-26

https://profiles.google.com/110887630472162035412/about and http://benjiweber.co.uk/ Projects :: Software Portal - A more ambitious project to replace the webpin package search. Combining package metadata with user generated content. :: Webpin - A package search facility for official and community openSUSE packages, now backed on to the above system. :: One Click Install - An easy way for users to install software, wherever it is located. :: Choob - An IRC bot developed by the compsoc at Warwick University. I run an instance of this bot which provides help in the openSUSE support channels on freenode. -- (paka)Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA HOG # US1244711 http://wahoo.no-ip.org Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2 http://en.opensuse.org openSUSE Community Member Registered Linux User #207535 @ http://counter.li.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

On 04/28/2011 06:51 PM, Patrick Shanahan wrote:

* Carlos E. R. [04-28-11 19:07]:

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On 2011-04-29 00:15, David C. Rankin wrote:

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Just checking on webpin CLI. I still can't use it. However, I'm getting a new response:

It was working for 11.2 till a month or two ago, then it stopped working. The server has probably died. For 11.3 and 11.4 it has never worked, as far as I know, probably because the server was not told about them.

...

Does this mean it should work, but isn't at the moment -- or -- is webpin cli still dead completely?

I think it is dead, for lack of interest. The maintainer has forgotten his kid, he doesn't even bother to remove it and tell us to forget webpin. I don't know who he is.

man webpin (on 11.4): AUTHOR Written by Pascal Bleser.

The client side scripts are simple, easy to maintain. I updated for 11.4 when 11.4 came out and likewise for 11.2, etc. The issue is the server side. From earlier list discussion, it seems like the only requirement is that somebody run a script or something on the openSuSE side to build the index that webpin uses. Logic says that once it is running, it is something a daily or weekly cron job could handle. The issue is *somebody with write permission on the OpenSuSE side* has to run it! I never dug further to find out what 'indexes' actually have to be created, but conceptually, it seems like a no-brainer. Anybody got time in their life to look into this? I've had an explosion in business in the past 30 days and I'm already that far behind on Trinity and we just made the gcc 4.5-4.6 jump so I know that is going to add more to that project. Anybody willing to look into the server side of webpin? I'll cc: pascal with this and see if he can at least give up a cheat-sheet for what needs to be done on the server side to get it working. cc: Pascal (We need your help brother!) -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org