[s-d] proposal parser

[Antonio Dolcetta <antonio.dolcetta@xxxxxxxxx>]

Antonio Dolcetta wrote:
> Daniel Lepage wrote:
>> On Jan 22, 2007, at 5:44 AM, Antonio Dolcetta wrote:
>>
>>> bd wrote:
>>>> Antonio Dolcetta wrote:
>>>>>> /* Actually, why not just declare the proposals section of the  
>>>>>> wiki a
>>>>>> public forum, perhaps one limited to only Game Actions which are
>>>>>> either
>>>>>> creating or amending proposals? */
>>>>>>
>>>>> I'd still like post on the list to be a requirement, otherwise  
>>>>> people
>>>>> might silently change the proposal subtly...
>>>>> Even just something basic, like "i just amended my prop on the wiki,
>>>>> go and have a look" would be fine
>>>> A bot or something might be a good idea. Inform people each nday (on
>>>> s-n?) which props have been changed, then lock them all before  
>>>> voting...
>>>> Though this isn't really suited for mediawiki's model; perhaps  
>>>> putting
>>>> props on some different webapp would be best?
>>>>
>>> I just started writing a proposal manager, the idea is you send your
>>> proposal to an email address, it gets parsed and sent to the list, and
>>> also inserted/updated on the wiki
>>> If it works we could also use it for votes etc.
>>> Unfortunatley I am still without a web enabled platform i can call my
>>> own right now, but that should change in the next few weeks.
>> Doesn't that have some security problems? As in, how do you stop  
>> players from posing as other players? Also, what sort of syntax will  
>> this use?
>>
> 
> Users will have a password, you register sending a special command, and 
> a password gets sent back
> further commands must be authenticated using the provided password
> As for the syntax, I'm thinking about it, and open to proposals :D

I've written a very basic (read: horrible) proposal parser.
you start proposals by writing BEGINPROPOSAL and end them with 
ENDPROPOSAL, each proposal must have a title, enclosed between
STARTTITLE ENDTITLE
i was wondering if it's really needed to password protect stuff, I could 
just read the sender mail address and match that with the latest 
proposal with the same title.
if that was from a different address the new one gets discarded.
Yes, i know It's easy to forge mail headers, but we can already do that, 
no ?

I was also thinking, instead of having people send proposals to a 
special address we could simply subscribe the bot to the mailing list 
and have it work automatically, that would be nice.

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