Now that AlcoBot is useable, I think the
pretime module can replace the pre time functionality in nxTools.
AlcoBotâs pretime module features:- Add releases to the database on SITE PRE.
- Display the pre time of a new directory.
- The NEWDIR and pre time announcement are combined into one, reduces spam.
- Search the pre database using the !pre IRC command.
- Per-section time limits to dictate âlateâ releases.
nxToolsâ pre-time features:- Add releases to the database on SITE PRE.
- Display the pre time of a new directory, as separate announcement.
- Search the pre database using the SITE PRETIME FTP command.
- Per-section time limits to dictate âlateâ releases.
Rationality behind removing the pre-time functionality from nxTools.- The pre-time module in AlcoBot maintains a persistent connection, so queries take less time. Whereas nxTools must connect and disconnect for each database operation, since there is no guarantee that ioFTPD will reuse the Tcl interpreter.
- AlcoBot has all of the pre-time functionality that nxTools does, and more.
- The IRC commands are a lot more convenient than the FTP SITE commands.
- Removing the MySQL libraries from nxTools reduces the distribution size by 1MB.
- No need to worry about possible licensing issues (MySQL libraries are GPL'd).
Opinions?