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Subject: Re: [webmin-devel] Virtualmin: fondant_index and webalizer_bits
From: Jamie Cameron <jcameron () webmin ! com>
Date: 2004-12-12 23:42:49
Message-ID: 1102884055.4006.7.camel () temasek ! home
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This patch looks good too .. but let me know when you feel it is totally
done, and I will review the final version for inclusion in Webmin ..
- Jamie
On Thu, 2004-12-09 at 18:08, paddy wrote:
> Hi,
>
> In the bakery this morning, a lady said "I only have to see fresh cream
> and I blow up like a baloon". There was a strange light, a moment of
> quiet and the unshakeable impression that all the ladies, customers and
> staff alike, were sharing a moment of telepathic psychic unity. I almost
> expected some cheesy "choirs of angels" film music, and then it was gone.
> Really, I kid you not.
>
> Attached is a little number I'm calling fondant_index although the actual
> implementation takes place in the lib, and a by the numbers icon collection
> to go with it. In it's defence:
>
> language independence
> appeals to some users
> economical on space, easier to read
> a thousand links on a page (scary!)
> low in calories
>
> Nevertheless it could probably use some cleaning up.
>
> Also attached: webalizer bits. check_configured and details.cgi sketches
> for webalizer. I finally read the code/figured out how virtualmin does it.
>
> Random Musings:
>
> This webalizer check_configured starts to expand on the idea of a more than
> binary output. I have already wondered whether the dependencies of a
> a given service couldn't be structured so as to enable a generic
> implementation and rapid customisation. But that's a long way off ;)
>
> I currently have a set up where all the webalizer runs off a single daily
> cron job. This has the virtue of queing the jobs rather than kicking off
> a large number simultaneously, I'm lazily imagining the converse for the
> present setup without actually checking the details.
>
> In general, I can't see how it could be practical to trace all possibities
> when it comes to figuring out whether a job is cronned or not, perhaps
> some index is called for. Of course this is a general problem.
>
> Standard disclaimers:
>
> Yes, none of the code is good enough to include yet, although I hope it
> is worth looking at. I still have a todo list :)
>
> Although (in my walter mitty imagination!) I am an experienced programmer,
> my perl is at 'pigeon' level. I mostly 'monkey see, monkey do', I will
> certainly misguess the consequences of some logical operations, leading
> to straight-foward bugs, and I have no concept of what is happening under
> the covers, so can make only simple guesses about performance implications.
> Beware!
>
> Thanks once again for looking at this stuff.
>
> Regards,
> Paddy
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