From Manchester Way

I can’t imagine using Subversion without ViewVC anymore. There’s no package, but it isn’t too hard to get it working on OpenSolaris.

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The version of perl installed by default (2009.06) is 5.8.4. We’d like it to be

1. More recent and
2. Compiled locally.

The reason it needs to be compiled locally arises if you want to use modules from CPAN which contain compiled code. The assumption is that the installed perl was built with Sun’s c compiler whereas modules on CPAN are more than likely compiled with gcc.

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This project came about when I noticed an App in the AppStore called “RadioTimes” by tvCompass. This has the facility to send an email to someone with the details of a program. There is an API for creating scheduled recordings in Media Center, using “c2r” (“click to record”) XML files and so it began. By choice I would write in C++ or Perl, but the Media Center API is .NET so I had to knuckle down and get to grips with C# – well, it’s been something I’ve been meaning to do for a while. And you can only really learn a language if you have a real need.

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Windows Media Center allows me to record BBC Radio broadcasts (DVB-T) as well as TV broadcasts, but I don’t want to listen to them from a PC, I want to listen to them from my iPod/iPhone when it suits me.

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