[okfn-help] Question re: OKFN Etherpads and OKFestival?

Tue May 15 15:43:47 UTC 2012

Hi

afaik etherpad-lite (node.js) is a complete re-write of etherpad
(java/skala). I heard they kept the realtime synchronization library
("easysync"), but the API is unique to -lite, and i have a feeling that
most new client libs use the latter one.

I guess you want to ask further questions to the Etherpad devs.

/nils.

On 05/12/2012 09:23 AM, Petri Kola wrote:
> Thanks Friedrich
> 
> Do you know about the communication protocol between the Etherpad server
> and the client? If it hasn't been changed maybe the client libraries
> developed for the new one could talk with the old server.
> 
> t'
> 
> On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 1:30 PM, Friedrich Lindenberg
> <friedrich.lindenberg at okfn.org <mailto:friedrich.lindenberg at okfn.org>>
> wrote:
> 
>     Hey Kat, 
> 
>     we're using the old version of the pad unfortunately. The lite
>     version doesn't have team site support (e.g. kittens.okfnpad.org
>     <http://kittens.okfnpad.org>) and so migrating things over would
>     have resulted in either massive data loss or a nice privacy disaster. 
> 
>     Not sure if there's any update on this, though. Nils? 
> 
>     - Friedrich 
> 
>     On Friday, May 11, 2012 at 12:27 PM, Kat Braybrooke wrote:
> 
>>     Hi OKFN code folk,
>>
>>     Question below from the OKFestival Core Organising Team about our
>>     Etherpad system - does anyone have more detailed insight in this
>>     regard? We've been using them so far for the festival to great
>>     community effect, but it would be nice to know more about our
>>     future plans for the pads. 
>>
>>     Thanks in advance :)
>>
>>     Kat
>>
>>     | Kat Braybrooke| Community Coordinator
>>     | Local Chapters and OKFestival
>>     | Open Knowledge Foundation | London
>>     | OKFN.org <http://okfn.org/> | Twitter @kat_braybrooke
>>     <http://twitter.com/kat_braybrooke>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>     On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 11:18 AM, Petri Kola <petri.kola at gmail.com
>>     <mailto:petri.kola at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>     Hi
>>>
>>>     Juha and me had a meeting with our two graphic designers and Kai
>>>     from http://www.screen.io/ today. We discussed the use of
>>>     Etherpad on the festival. Our initial thought was that every
>>>     session would have its own pad. Our graphic designers were
>>>     interested to know if they could use the etherpads as a real time
>>>     data source for "festival situation awareness".
>>>
>>>     Here is a summary of what I know about recent developments around
>>>     Etherpad:
>>>     - Etherpad Foundation exists http://etherpad.org/
>>>     - they are working on a total remake of etherpad
>>>     (https://github.com/Pita/etherpad-lite ) based on Node.js
>>>     (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Node.js )
>>>     - code for creating alternative/integrated clients for the new
>>>     Etherpad exists for several programming languages
>>>     (https://github.com/Pita/etherpad-lite ) 
>>>     -> means that atleas pads running on the new Etherpad can be
>>>     agregated
>>>     -> real time integration with http://www.screen.io/ would also be
>>>     quite possible
>>>
>>>     The question is: which version of Etherpad is okfnpad.org
>>>     <http://okfnpad.org> based on? If on the old one are there any
>>>     plans to upgrade?
>>>
>>>
>>>     -- 
>>>     petri.kola at gmail.com <mailto:petri.kola at gmail.com>
>>>     http://twitter.com/pe3
>>>     +358401626525 <tel:%2B358401626525>
>>
> 
> 
> 
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