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Open-sourcing RubyFlow

I know there was some talk about open-sourcing RubyFlow, but what happened? Is it really worth keeping the source closed?

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+1 for opensourcing. I’m in :)

I don’t recall saying that, but I don’t recall saying many things :)

The question is.. is it really worth releasing the source? Security issues aside, the code for RubyFlow is a pragmatic mess in the extreme (no tests, for example) and I’m not sure of the value anyone would get out of it (since it took all of four hours to implement anyway). There’s a ton of unused and out of date code floating around in it, etc.

All that said, if someone really wants to use it, I could upload a tarball.

On a similar topic, if anyone cares, I did promise I’d open source the code behind yorails.com. That’s located here and is actually reasonably good code (compared to RubyFlow).

i am still waiting for the code as was discussed a few weeks ago. I would like to release a localized version in korean.

One benefit of open sourcing is to get contributions from others to improve the site. Not sure if you want that, but just sayin. :)

Why is open sourcing of RubyFlow so important? I think it’s not good idea for security and I don’t think it can be so helpful … just another rails app :) On the net there are tons of rails app to download, if somebody want to have an example. Maybe the only good thing on it is (as Ryan wrote before) that it can has more contributors, but how many of contributors will be and is it really so important for not so big app as RF is? Please don’t be so OSS-fanatics ;)

yes, i would really like a copy of the code so i can publish a localized version, its really a neat idea, but i dont want to spend the time rewriting what you wrote just so i can get a localized version . I dont mind if its not open sourced at all , I just want the code.

For those who are brave, desperate, or both, here’s an archive of a RubyFlow code base. Some extremely rudimentary notes and tips are in the README.txt in the root folder.

+1 for Open Source.

Mainly so people can add additional features (mainly spam protection stuff and validation on submissions).

I doubt I’d use the code to make my own version of the site but I wouldn’t mind contributing to this site.

There is also now a gitified copy up at Github.

Should be fun to hack away at in my spare time - kudos Peter.

I’m certainly willing to use updated versions for RubyFlow if people develop them further. I’d suggest using or forking Darcy / sutto’s Git repository for this.

I may even be tempted to fork and clean up the code, add some integration testing, and what not myself :) It’d certainly be cool to offer it in a more public way for people to use quickly and easily.

Awesome! Lets git started :)

And it’s not about getting an example of a rails app, but about improving the features of this site (e.g. edit-button, preview, extended search) - as it is frequently visited by a lot of rubyists.

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