repository for xzm modules

Post#1 by **rych** » 12 Aug 2023, 09:51

@ncmprhnsbl, and others: could user supplied xzm modules be hosted in a directory under http://porteus.org/porteus-mirrors.html allowing module providers to upload? Then possibly indexing the modules at https://pkgs.org/ or another aggregator -- at the moment Porteus isn't even listed

Post#2 by **Ed_P** » 12 Aug 2023, 23:35

I'm not in favor of that idea but a webpage on the porteus-mirrors.html with links to the Porteus forum topics about user xzm modules would be useful imho.

Post#3 by **roro** » 13 Aug 2023, 07:49

Hi rych,
that's a good idea
Currently you can find xzm modules here and there and everywhere
Very tedious if you are looking for a very specific module

Post#4 by **Ed_P** » 13 Aug 2023, 14:09

When looking for modules here I find this works with Google:
site:forum.porteus.org modulename.xzm

Post#5 by **vaguiners** » 18 Aug 2023, 16:32

Is Porteus already illegal by not hosting the source code of all programs and libraries present, which is an obligation in 90% of open source licenses? A greater tragedy would be if users could upload anything, including proprietary software, it would surely become a den of piracy.

Post#6 by **Rava** » 27 Aug 2023, 07:28

rych wrote: ↑
12 Aug 2023, 09:51
@ncmprhnsbl, and others: could user supplied xzm modules be hosted in a directory under http://porteus.org/porteus-mirrors.html

Most people would not know, but porteus-mirrors.html is just created by a very simple bash script by yours truly that I gave to one admin years ago. Prior to that it was just a text file with no links (called porteus-mirrors.txt - that is also still online: http://porteus.org/porteus-mirrors.txt )
For now I do not find the script locally

but I recall parts of this code:

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<html><head><title>porteus-mirrors.txt - created on 2018-02-19</title>
<style type="text/css">body { color:#6f3; background-color:#000;} a:link { color:#66f; text-decoration:none; font-weight:bold; } a:visited { color:#a6d; text-decoration:none; font-weight:bold; } a:focus, a:hover { color:#f33; text-decoration:none; background-color:#fff; font-weight:bold; } a:active { color:#fff; background-color:#000; font-weight:bold; } </style>

When I recall correctly, it simply looks for lines beginning with

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http://
https://
ftp://

and if a line starts like this, it will convert that line into a link.
If the line starts any other way, the line stays as it is.

It is a very simple script and sure not very foolproof, but when you give it a sane input file it does its job well enough.

But that has nothing to do with hat OP is asking. Just some background info how porteus-mirrors.html gets created.

Post#7 by **rych** » 15 Oct 2023, 09:03

roro wrote: ↑
13 Aug 2023, 07:49
that's a good idea
Currently you can find xzm modules here and there and everywhere

There is now the Porteus eXchange Telegram group:
https://t.me/PorteusX

...where we can exchange our modules, in appropriate subforums which in Telegram are called "topics". Telegram will host our modules for free indefinitely with unspecified limits (limitless). Telegram has a nice Telegram client for Windows and Linux.

Post#8 by **Vic** » 15 Oct 2023, 17:33

Hi rych.

Great idea.

Telegram seem to only be for a phone unless I missed something, as usual.

I do not have a phone.

Vic

Post#9 by **Rava** » 15 Oct 2023, 18:25

Vic wrote: ↑
15 Oct 2023, 17:33
Telegram seem to only be for a phone unless I missed something, as usual.

You can run the desktop version, but that needs your phone Telegram app to sent you its confirmation so you can log into you account using the desktop version.

Sounds Kafkaesque ? Pretty much.

So yeah. I created an extra thread for that :
Telegram questions

Post#10 by **Vic** » 16 Oct 2023, 01:04

Thanks Rava. I saw your thread after I posted.

Also thanks because now I know who Franz Kafka is.

Vic