Re: [Gsoc 2014] Creating a code sharing website for Octave [Replacing Agora]

[Juan Pablo Carbajal]

On Sun, Mar 9, 2014 at 4:57 PM, oswalpalash <address@hidden> wrote:
> Juan Pablo Carbajal-2 wrote
>> What is the problem with that? I am sorry, but I ma not an expert and
>> I do not see any issue with one toll or another unless you point out
>> the problem exactly (abandoned? not libre?)
>>
>> From what I see, scipy-central looks to be quite behind of what we
>> have in Agora. Instead of scratching what is there, why not upgrading
>> the modules that are not working properly?
>>
>> If you want to scratch the work of the previous ocntributors, it is
>> better you make a strong case for it.
>
> Our present system (Agora) has been using Celery for asynchronous tasks, but
> it fails quite a lot. It can happen for a variety of reasons. Many times
> linux server doesn't import tasks on celery and hence Agora doesn't process
> the uploaded bundles.
> Agora has been created with Celery Version 3.0.10 which hasa  bug regarding
> app argument (tried to use the 'proj.celery' module as the app) this has
> been fixed 3.1.4.
>
> Processing bundles in Agora is quite lagging behind compared to
> Scipy-Central. The later processes the zip bundles quite efficiently. We can
> extend the capabilities of the system to make it work for tar, tar.gz,
> tar.bz2.
>
> Our hosting, I don't know why, stops running celery quite often.
>
>
> However I'd like to clear it out that I am not against Agora project in any
> way. My initial approach was to finish the agora project. However since
> we're experiencing problems in Agora which were working in ScipyCentral, it
> would require less time to be finished and it would give immediate results.
>
> I had discussed this with Jordi and he had asked me to decide on which
> project to work on. However I can work on Agora as well if the community
> wants. I am sorry if I offended anyone, it wasn't intended.
>
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No offense taken, that was not the point.

Does the option have the following things already in place?
- Code showing and highlighting
- Comments and rating
- Version tracking of code snippets

Also, the visual aspect of scipy central looks. I am not concerned
about this, but it s clear that newer generations people tend to
participate more when things look shiny.