[newmaint-site] More news from the mini-DebConf in Cambridge

[Enrico Zini]

[Resent from 17 Nov 2013: it didn't make it to the list since Alioth was
down]

Hello,

the mini-DebConf in Cambridge is reaching its end, and here's the rest
of what I did:

 - I have simplified submission, allowing to use a single object instead
   of an array for id and contributions.
 - I have fixed date sorting in tables, which previously was
   alphabetical, which was inappropriate.
 - We now have a live security tracker source, thanks to Federico
   Ceratto.
 - The code now uses a common Submission parser in the website and in
   the data mining modules. This allows people writing data mining to
   validate their data before sending them to the site, using the same
   code the site uses for validation.
 - I cleaned up the prototype dak-scanning code, and mailed ftp-master
   inviting them to set up their data source.

As soon as Alioth is back up again, I think we are finally ready to send
out a call for people to implement data sources. This is quite a turning
point: we are about to really go live, and I'm really excited about
this!


Ciao,

Enrico

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GPG key: 4096R/E7AD5568 2009-05-08 Enrico Zini <enrico at enricozini.org>
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