# Suggestion, re: Minimal.db

Bill Garrett (bill@yeehaw.com)
Fri, 1 Dec 1995 01:14:06 PST

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    > A 700 lines verb that cause commands like @grep to run out of ticks is

    Actually, this depends on what server hardware you're using.

    > It just perfom a job. If the users of that verb were less lazy they would
    > have rewritten it... or is everyone disgusted by digging through 700 lines
    > of code ? (No offense Def.)

    Actually, I did rewrite it, into an object called Autoport Utilities.
    This object allows porting from A to B while on MOO C, for example,
    two-way porting (to or from your MOO), and more robustness (it's
    extremely reliable as far as porting the whole object).  This object is
    available as #177 on RiverMOO (river.honors.indiana.edu 8888).

    > >        This may necessitate a standard for Moos - like #0, some
    > > place where autoport can find pointers to 'known' objects -
    > >perhaps Everyman has changed, or something like that.  That way
    > >Autoport can correct code that is made Autoportable via keywords
    >
    > Ever heard about $sysobj and $no_one? no? maybe you should not port stuff...

    You missed the point -- some objects, like Quinn's utilities from Lambda,
    are considered `essential', as are many room generics, player classes
    (read: Frand's), etc.  Not every important generic is corified.

    > Do you port obj with your wizard character ? if yes, please leave me the
    > address of your MOO... I will drop by...

    You're obliged to port as a wizard, unless someone's violated my
    copyright and given Autoport to non-wizards.

    > Janus (very lazy - why should I use @autoport when emacs does the job more
    > quickly and without wiz perms ?)

    Autoport was written for people WITHOUT fancy client programs.  Don't
    take TinyFugue or EMACS for granted -- there are more wizards using
    straight telnet than not.  It was also written to port large amounts of
    object code into your MOO, presumably to get a new site going.  There are
    other factors involved in the decision to make it wizard-only, which I
    can enumerate for any interested parties.