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Perhaps I'm oblivious to what has gone round the rugged rock so many times as you say, but usually the hardest things to change are those that buck the social current or that simply have to pass a large committee. If so many of us (virtually unanimous I would hope) agree that this change would be a positive thing, why then is it difficult? If the platform is at all based on Perl, it should be cinch, right?

I don't mean to cause everyone to rehash old stuff, but if there's a link to catch me up to speed on the past conversation, I'd take a look at it.

Blessings,

~Polyglot~

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Re^4: RFC: Add profile field "emergency contact" or such like as
by jdporter (Paladin) on Nov 29, 2023 at 17:40 UTC
    usually the hardest things to change are those that buck the social current or that simply have to pass a large committee.

    Without disputing your premise, I can assure you that's not the case here. I or any of the gods can (and do) often make changes to the site's code without even consulting each other, let alone the wider membership.

    If so many of us (virtually unanimous I would hope) agree that this change would be a positive thing, why then is it difficult?

    lolwhat? If an idea is popular, it must be easy to implement? Are you not a programmer?

    If the platform is at all based on Perl, it should be cinch, right?

    lolwhat

    Today's latest and greatest software contains tomorrow's zero day exploits.
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Re^4: RFC: Add profile field "emergency contact" or such like as
by erzuuli (Cannon) on Nov 29, 2023 at 17:44 UTC

    I have added you to the pmdev group. You are now able to view all the site code and submit patches. Thank you for volunteering. I look forward to your fixes.

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      This took me totally by surprise. However, I would actually be interested in implementing crypt for password storage here, and would be willing to examine the code and submit suggestions for this if I might be directed to where to see the relevant code. I have not yet figured out how to see that portion of the codebase, though I noticed I may now see some of the code, apparently for the display of the various pages. Where might I find the routines for password handling?

      Blessings,

      ~Polyglot~

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        The place to start is the Pmdev HowTo Wiki.

        If you have any questions at any point, feel free to /msg me or gods.

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        Crypt alone is not sufficient, you'll need an account recovery mechanism replacing the current one, after the passwords are not recoverable any more

        Could you please stop yapping at the big dogs?

        It's too obvious that your ego is far bigger than your skills.

        So better try becoming presidential candidate for the GOP

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