Re: PHP.net Update

On Tue, 6 Oct 2009 18:59:33 +0200, Hannes Magnusson <hannes.magnusson@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 18:48, Stewart Lord <stewey@ambitious.ca> wrote: >> On Tue, 6 Oct 2009 09:33:31 +0200, Hannes Magnusson >> <hannes.magnusson@gmail.com> wrote: >>> On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 07:36, Stewart Lord <stewey@ambitious.ca> wrote: >>>> >>>> As I was putting it together, I had doubts that we could make this >>>> perform. >>>> Would something like this be possible with the current traffic load and >>>> search infrastructure? >>> >>> There is only one way to find out.. :) >>> >>> We use Y! search for everything except the manual lookups so this >>> shouldn't be an issue, but it could quickly generate massive load - >>> but thats why we have 100+ mirrors :) >> >> That sounds very promising! What do you think about the concept? > > I like it. We even mention something like this the otherday on IRC :) > > >> >> Does Y! search have a services API? Any docs you could point me towards? > > Heh. Y! is nothing but a set of APIs :) > see http://developer.yahoo.com, the docs are there somewhere. > And our code (only executed on www.php.net, all mirrors fetch data > from this page); http://www.php.net/source.php?url=/ws.php > > >> Are we presently using any javascript frameworks? > > Not really no. I added some jQuery stuff the otherday though, and if > we are going to use more and more javascript, jQuery will be it. > Don't get a headofyourself though, we need a concrete design before we > start implementing some features for them :) > > -Hannes Hi Hannes, Did you get the email from Zend about the un-conferences? What do you think about hosting a PHP.net redesign talk? It could be useful to a) collect ideas, and b) enlist volunteers. Regarding IRC, is there a lot of redesign discussion that takes place there? What is the network/channel? Are there particular times when people meet to discuss issues? Thanks, Stew