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#news on irc.perl.org - The Perl News Channel

rjbs on 2006-07-12T03:59:00

jbisbee writes "I'd like to formally announce Perl-related news aggregation in #news on irc.perl.org. The channel has been up and running for a while, but after YAPC::NA 2006, I replaced all my code with Plagger and a YAML config file.

Currently rssbot watches the following Perl sites and notifies the channel on updates

  • CPAN (search.cpan.org, not PAUSE uploads)
  • AnnoCPAN
  • CPAN Ratings
  • use Perl
  • use Perl Journals
  • Perl Monks (Newest Nodes)
  • Perl Jobs
  • The Perl Foundation
  • The Perl Foundation News
  • Perl.com
  • The Perl NOC
  • Perlcast
  • The Perl Summer of Code 2006
  • and Slashdot :)
some sample output from the channel (minus the URLs)...
20:50:19 * rssbot [perlcast] Perlcast Interview with Andy Hunt on "Practices of an Agile Developer"
20:50:19 * rssbot [perljournals] [schwern] Julian Cash is a genius.
21:00:29 * rssbot [cpan] SWF-Chart-1.4
21:00:29 * rssbot [perljournals] [jmcada] Practices of an Agile Developer
21:10:22 * rssbot [perlmonks] [PerceptiveJohn] Perl On Server
22:00:44 * rssbot [cpan] MP3-Find-0.06
22:30:31 * rssbot [perlmonks] [Petruchio] Who would win in a swordfight?
22:40:34 * rssbot [cpan] CPAN-Mini-0.500
22:40:37 * rssbot [cpan] Perl-Critic-Bangs-0.01
23:00:17 * rssbot [perlmonks] [ehdonhon] PITTSBURGH PERL WORKSHOP: FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS
23:00:17 * rssbot [perljobs] Perl Developer for Test Automation
23:20:14 * rssbot [perlmonks] [llee] windows events
Hope you see you in #news!"

I hope Slashdot is a joke

dagolden on 2006-07-12T11:06:27

I read the Wall Street Journal and I also see a Slashdot RSS feed and every day, I see at least one or two stories that were headlines in the WSJ -- after I've read it.

When that happens, it's not "news", it's advertising.

I'm for Perl-only, please (unless you're filtering Slashdot for mentions of Perl).

Re:I hope Slashdot is a joke

jbisbee on 2006-07-12T12:16:27

Nope, but its removed now. I was wondering if someone was going to say something about that :)

Re:I hope Slashdot is a joke

jbisbee on 2006-07-13T17:15:43

Also to only see actions in the channel and not all the joins/parts/signoffs/commeting use the following ignore
/ignore #news ALL -PUBLIC -ACTIONS