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Off-topic / Re: Introduction
« on April 25th, 2011, 12:34 AM »
Only like that from a twisted point of view. These features, they're more like a compilation of already available mods (they're all GPL so I guess he can do it...), packed under an ugly theme.
Wedge doesn't use any pre-existing mods, because they're not available under a forkable license for the most part.
The only mods we took from the SMF community are the mods we wrote ourselves -- drafts, footnotes, media area, things like that. (Oh, and Pretty URLs, which has a forkable license, but I had a hand in writing it anyway.)
Also, we have our own theme, and it looks great. (Better than Wedge.org, at the very least. Which is probably why I insist so much on the fact that Wedge.org is not currently running Wedge :P)
Wedge doesn't use any pre-existing mods, because they're not available under a forkable license for the most part.
The only mods we took from the SMF community are the mods we wrote ourselves -- drafts, footnotes, media area, things like that. (Oh, and Pretty URLs, which has a forkable license, but I had a hand in writing it anyway.)
Also, we have our own theme, and it looks great. (Better than Wedge.org, at the very least. Which is probably why I insist so much on the fact that Wedge.org is not currently running Wedge :P)
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Off-topic / Re: Doctor Who
« on April 24th, 2011, 08:48 PM »
Wasn't it already the case at noisen...?
(I actually had the media gallery completely broken in here. I had to remove everything because I deleted all files by mistake and the albums and pics were pointing to non-existent files. :-/)
(I actually had the media gallery completely broken in here. I had to remove everything because I deleted all files by mistake and the albums and pics were pointing to non-existent files. :-/)
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Off-topic / Re: Doctor Who
« on April 24th, 2011, 07:41 PM »
Well, these are interesting theories indeed... I guess we'll have to wait and see! Moffat always likes to surprise us. Fun :)
Unrelated, but we did go to Pierrefonds today. Didn't see much 'evidence' that they were starting to shoot Merlin S4 over there, but the last picture shows proof of it. The weather was awfully hot but it was a great afternoon.
http://media.wedge.org/album/6/
Unrelated, but we did go to Pierrefonds today. Didn't see much 'evidence' that they were starting to shoot Merlin S4 over there, but the last picture shows proof of it. The weather was awfully hot but it was a great afternoon.
http://media.wedge.org/album/6/
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Off-topic / Re: Introduction
« on April 24th, 2011, 11:29 AM »
See who's running the project. Used to be Kindred... Now it's Oldiesmann.
One question: are they developers? I don't think so. Never saw them commit a single line of code to the SVN.
SMF is a project run by project managers.
Wedge is a project run by programmers.
SMF focuses on the management side -- you know, getting the word out that "everything's being taken care of". But that's bullshit. What SMF needs is developers. People who know the codebase, know the state it is currently in[1], and aren't afraid to spend time fixing bugs made by other developers -- and focusing only on that. They've only had one active developer these days -- and he's not even the lead developer, and he isn't actually that active to begin with.
Seriously, I wouldn't attempt to judge people on their work and their time investment, but that does say a lot about the *management* if they don't wake up and hire new developers to do the job that their current dev team doesn't do.
How do you expect SMF to play catch up in this situation? It's like they just want to be left in peace -- away from the XenForo buzz, away from the Wedge activity. I'd like to say good luck, even though they don't really deserve any, but honestly I'm in a pretty good position to know that they'll need more than luck right now anyway.
One question: are they developers? I don't think so. Never saw them commit a single line of code to the SVN.
SMF is a project run by project managers.
Wedge is a project run by programmers.
SMF focuses on the management side -- you know, getting the word out that "everything's being taken care of". But that's bullshit. What SMF needs is developers. People who know the codebase, know the state it is currently in[1], and aren't afraid to spend time fixing bugs made by other developers -- and focusing only on that. They've only had one active developer these days -- and he's not even the lead developer, and he isn't actually that active to begin with.
Seriously, I wouldn't attempt to judge people on their work and their time investment, but that does say a lot about the *management* if they don't wake up and hire new developers to do the job that their current dev team doesn't do.
How do you expect SMF to play catch up in this situation? It's like they just want to be left in peace -- away from the XenForo buzz, away from the Wedge activity. I'd like to say good luck, even though they don't really deserve any, but honestly I'm in a pretty good position to know that they'll need more than luck right now anyway.
| 1. | I'm afraid no one at SMF currently does. Back when I was a dev tryout last year, the dev team was exactly the same as today, and in one month I did more work than most of the current devs did in one year. And during that month, it became quite apparent to me that they weren't willing to let it be known that none of them knew a thing about what they were doing. |
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Off-topic / Doctor Who
« on April 24th, 2011, 11:02 AM »
Okay, we need our own topic for this...
Given that it's a bit complicated to discuss it thoroughly in thoughts, especially when it comes to posting videos, images and spoiler tags.
So, I just wanted to say I loved the first episode, but I think I hated it more. I loved the scene where River talks to Rory in private. I loved Mark Sheppard's character (too bad he won't be a regular here). I loved River and Rory in general, Amy was a bit less exuberant than in season 5 (I don't know what to think about that), and the Doctor pissed me off with being so crazy as usual with his new incarnation. Although I loved him in season 5, I think I tend to miss David Tennant's more 'human' incarnation of him. I was hoping for the Doctor to become more human again, but obviously this isn't going to happen. He's just... alien. Which makes sense, but...
Anyway, so here are my theories. About River.
(click to show/hide)
And about the Silents... I can't help but think when I look at them, "Are they supposed to represent the average Americain's TV attention span?" After all, the first thing the Silent does is kill an American woman who can't seem to remember him... And to me, this episode was obviously not tailored for the average American TV viewer. They'll just get confused by so much happening.
One of the things that annoy me about Moffat's treatments in season 5 is how packed they are, story-wise. It's like he's afraid that people are going to be bored... But my favorite episodes in season 5 were not these action-packed episodes -- there you ago, the Van Gogh episode was plain fantastic, the Lodger episode was great, and even that Moffat thing in space was pretty cool to me (it was more akin to Moffat's good old style with children in the center of the story.) (And he's back to that in 6x01 obviously.)
Here's wondering if I'm not more excited about the upcoming season 2 of Sherlock... Seriously, 1x01 blew my mind last year.
Or maybe season 4 of Merlin... What? Now that's not a complicated show, ah ah. They're starting the Pierrefonds (Camelot) shoot next Tuesday, and my girlfriend wants to go there and see if they've already set up the sets for the show -- it's very likely. Well, that'd be fun. After all, I never got to see the sets for Kaamelott[1]. (I love it when I put a footnote right at the end of a post.)
Given that it's a bit complicated to discuss it thoroughly in thoughts, especially when it comes to posting videos, images and spoiler tags.
So, I just wanted to say I loved the first episode, but I think I hated it more. I loved the scene where River talks to Rory in private. I loved Mark Sheppard's character (too bad he won't be a regular here). I loved River and Rory in general, Amy was a bit less exuberant than in season 5 (I don't know what to think about that), and the Doctor pissed me off with being so crazy as usual with his new incarnation. Although I loved him in season 5, I think I tend to miss David Tennant's more 'human' incarnation of him. I was hoping for the Doctor to become more human again, but obviously this isn't going to happen. He's just... alien. Which makes sense, but...
Anyway, so here are my theories. About River.
Last season, I think she said she was in prison for killing someone, someone she loved. I thought "The Doctor, maybe?". But it didn't make sense. Well, now it does... It's obviously her in the spacesuit. For some reason, she kills him. Maybe because she wants David Tennant back? I don't know. I wouldn't blame her.
Another theory... Amy said she was pregnant. Okay, Amy Pond, pregnant... With whom? Why not River Song? She's from the future after all. Pond, River... River Pond, River Song... (Uh what's Amy's new last name already? :P)
Plus, there's a kid in the spacesuit... Maybe it's River Song again. I don't know.
And about the Silents... I can't help but think when I look at them, "Are they supposed to represent the average Americain's TV attention span?" After all, the first thing the Silent does is kill an American woman who can't seem to remember him... And to me, this episode was obviously not tailored for the average American TV viewer. They'll just get confused by so much happening.
One of the things that annoy me about Moffat's treatments in season 5 is how packed they are, story-wise. It's like he's afraid that people are going to be bored... But my favorite episodes in season 5 were not these action-packed episodes -- there you ago, the Van Gogh episode was plain fantastic, the Lodger episode was great, and even that Moffat thing in space was pretty cool to me (it was more akin to Moffat's good old style with children in the center of the story.) (And he's back to that in 6x01 obviously.)
Here's wondering if I'm not more excited about the upcoming season 2 of Sherlock... Seriously, 1x01 blew my mind last year.
Or maybe season 4 of Merlin... What? Now that's not a complicated show, ah ah. They're starting the Pierrefonds (Camelot) shoot next Tuesday, and my girlfriend wants to go there and see if they've already set up the sets for the show -- it's very likely. Well, that'd be fun. After all, I never got to see the sets for Kaamelott[1]. (I love it when I put a footnote right at the end of a post.)
| 1. | Best French show ever-- and they shot the first 3 seasons about 2km from my place. But I didn't even know at the time. They only said that once they'd moved their studios to Lyon... |
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The Pub / Re: did not find this in FaQ
« on April 24th, 2011, 09:53 AM »
Yes but you can't run both forums on the same tables. You have to import them then you can run them side to side.
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The Pub / Re: A question......
« on April 23rd, 2011, 10:52 PM »
It feels like SMF2's development was started only days ago, just the same...
2000 days, that is. ::)
2000 days, that is. ::)
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Off-topic / Re: Introduction
« on April 23rd, 2011, 10:43 PM »The only difference is people say "thank you" to nurses but never to IT folk :)
Reminds me of The IT Crowd, too!
I'm very interested in this fork as I cannot see SMF going anywhere, its progress is much too slow, its team too small and divided.
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The Pub / Re: A question......
« on April 23rd, 2011, 03:12 PM »
It should be pointed out that the latest news is that everyone on the smf team has now signed the document, so they could potentially release tomorrow if they wanted. We are ready... To wait more ;)
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Features / Re: Recycling board by default
« on April 23rd, 2011, 10:59 AM »
I guess well do something in that flavor.
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Features / Re: New revs
« on April 23rd, 2011, 01:45 AM »
rev 734
(3 files, 5kb)
- Is there a reason why all websites say to use "-ms-filter" for IE8? It accepts the simpler "filter" perfectly well... (Class-CSS.php)
! Apparently, all used HTML5 tags should get their display type redefined, otherwise the layout's broken in IE8. (index.css)
- mgabs? What's that? Where's that? Probably an old leftover... (media.css)
(3 files, 5kb)
- Is there a reason why all websites say to use "-ms-filter" for IE8? It accepts the simpler "filter" perfectly well... (Class-CSS.php)
! Apparently, all used HTML5 tags should get their display type redefined, otherwise the layout's broken in IE8. (index.css)
- mgabs? What's that? Where's that? Probably an old leftover... (media.css)
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Features / Re: New revs
« on April 22nd, 2011, 09:06 PM »
rev 733
(13 files +1-1, 17kb)
! Fixed gradient backgrounds in IE 6/7/8 when a single color was fed to them. (Class-CSS.php)
* Make sure execSubTemplate() ignores empty sub-template entries, which makes it easier for us to conditionally set extra sub-templates... (Load.php, Aeva-Gallery.php)
* IE 6/7 don't like display: table, so put the media item details in the sidebar automatically. (Aeva-Gallery.php, media.ie*.css)
* Stopped right-aligning media item details. It actually looks better when left-aligned with a small margin... (media.css)
! Media RSS feeds needed some fixin'. (Aeva-Foxy.php)
* 'Information', and more importantly 'info', is not clear English, AFAIK. And yes, 'AFAIK' is clear English. (Media.english.php)
- Removed loadingbar.png and replaced it with simple CSS. (loadingbar.png, index.css)
* Other minor details. (index.css, Subs.php, Help.language.php)
! Undefined variable. (Media.template.php)
:edit: This is my 500th commit! :eheh:
(13 files +1-1, 17kb)
! Fixed gradient backgrounds in IE 6/7/8 when a single color was fed to them. (Class-CSS.php)
* Make sure execSubTemplate() ignores empty sub-template entries, which makes it easier for us to conditionally set extra sub-templates... (Load.php, Aeva-Gallery.php)
* IE 6/7 don't like display: table, so put the media item details in the sidebar automatically. (Aeva-Gallery.php, media.ie*.css)
* Stopped right-aligning media item details. It actually looks better when left-aligned with a small margin... (media.css)
! Media RSS feeds needed some fixin'. (Aeva-Foxy.php)
* 'Information', and more importantly 'info', is not clear English, AFAIK. And yes, 'AFAIK' is clear English. (Media.english.php)
- Removed loadingbar.png and replaced it with simple CSS. (loadingbar.png, index.css)
* Other minor details. (index.css, Subs.php, Help.language.php)
! Undefined variable. (Media.template.php)
:edit: This is my 500th commit! :eheh:
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Features / Re: New revs
« on April 22nd, 2011, 05:49 PM »
And... Still not happy with the new item page layout. Even with this new revision...
rev 732
(4 files, 8kb)
* <we:block> should have a .block class by default, not .windowbg... Will probably not work in this rev, because I have yet to commit the proper index.css file. (index.template.php)
* Moved media item details to the regular sidebar. Should add an option to choose where to show them... (Aeva-Gallery.php, Media.template.php, media.css)
rev 732
(4 files, 8kb)
* <we:block> should have a .block class by default, not .windowbg... Will probably not work in this rev, because I have yet to commit the proper index.css file. (index.template.php)
* Moved media item details to the regular sidebar. Should add an option to choose where to show them... (Aeva-Gallery.php, Media.template.php, media.css)
9210
Features / Re: New revs
« on April 22nd, 2011, 05:14 PM »
Got more work done, but it's not stable enough... Committing whatever I can.
rev 731
(4 files, 6kb)
* Moved item playlist template to the proper template file. (Aeva-Foxy.php, Media.template.php)
* Split media item template into several functions. (Aeva-Gallery.php, Media.template.php)
! One strlen call should have been passed through westr. (Media.template.php)
* Minor layout improvements. (medias.css)
rev 731
(4 files, 6kb)
* Moved item playlist template to the proper template file. (Aeva-Foxy.php, Media.template.php)
* Split media item template into several functions. (Aeva-Gallery.php, Media.template.php)
! One strlen call should have been passed through westr. (Media.template.php)
* Minor layout improvements. (medias.css)