Re: comp.lang.javascript FAQ - META 2008-05-07

Jim Ley wrote:

> I don't believe the posting is still being done from my
> machine, and I'm not entirely clear on the process -
> however the text versions on the server didn't match the
> version in the HTML, so I updated those, I'll have a
> look to see if that works.
>
> Does anyone remember how the posting is being done?

It is automated; the Perl script for the daily postings runs from
216.92.131.147 since July 2006. It performs a remote request to
http://www.jibbering.com/faq/index.xml
and extracts one FAQ-entry from
it. The script has an internal counter so that it takes the next FAQ-
entry every day and starts over when there are no more FAQ-entries.

More info:
http://groups.google.com.by/group/comp.lang.javascript/browse_frm/thread/1298996a38e49de3/

Since November 2007, a cronned Monday and Wednesday posting were
added, titled 'Quick Answers' resp. 'META'.

There is a preview tool for the FAQ maintainer as to see how each
message will look on Usenet. There is also FTP access. If anyone would
be interested to take over the maintenance (or if the current process
would need to be changed), feel free to let me know.

--
 Bart