From announce at lists.nycbug.org Mon Jun 3 20:06:49 2013 From: announce at lists.nycbug.org (NYC*BUG Announcements) Date: Mon, 03 Jun 2013 20:06:49 -0400 Subject: [announce] NYC*BUG Wednesday Message-ID: May 5 645 PM Suspenders Bar backroom 111 Broadway Manhattan * * * Using Xapian to Index your Ports Tree, Matthew Story Much of the existing search software out there is overly complex, bloated with features that you may or may not need, difficult to configure and hard to customize. The xapian library (xapian.org) provides a light-weight alternative with minimal dependencies and a simple programmable interface that is made available in nearly all higher-level languages through swig (swig.org). Install xapian and the python bindings before the meeting, and over the course of an hour we'll have you indexing and searching your local ports tree, and updating your local index as ports are added, modified or removed on your BSD of choice. About the speaker: Matt is Director of the Axial Corps of Engineers, where he first began using Xapian to substantially increase the speed and reduce the complexity of several core systems. Matt is a contributor to the FreeBSD project; xargs(1) is his favorite program (especially with -P). From announce at lists.nycbug.org Mon Jun 3 20:58:28 2013 From: announce at lists.nycbug.org (NYC*BUG Announcements) Date: Mon, 03 Jun 2013 20:58:28 -0400 Subject: [announce] NYC*BUG Correction Message-ID: This month is June, not May. $ man cal June 5 645 PM Suspenders Bar backroom 111 Broadway Manhattan * * * Using Xapian to Index your Ports Tree, Matthew Story Much of the existing search software out there is overly complex, bloated with features that you may or may not need, difficult to configure and hard to customize. The xapian library (xapian.org) provides a light-weight alternative with minimal dependencies and a simple programmable interface that is made available in nearly all higher-level languages through swig (swig.org). Install xapian and the python bindings before the meeting, and over the course of an hour we'll have you indexing and searching your local ports tree, and updating your local index as ports are added, modified or removed on your BSD of choice. About the speaker: Matt is Director of the Axial Corps of Engineers, where he first began using Xapian to substantially increase the speed and reduce the complexity of several core systems. Matt is a contributor to the FreeBSD project; xargs(1) is his favorite program (especially with -P). From announce at lists.nycbug.org Wed Jun 5 09:59:40 2013 From: announce at lists.nycbug.org (NYC*BUG Announcements) Date: Wed, 05 Jun 2013 09:59:40 -0400 Subject: [announce] NYC*BUG Tonight: Using Xapian to Index Your Ports Tree Message-ID: June 5 @ 18:45 Location: Suspenders Bar, 111 Broadway in Manhattan. * * * Using Xapian to Index your Ports Tree, Matthew Story Much of the existing search software out there is overly complex, bloated with features that you may or may not need, difficult to configure and hard to customize. The xapian library (xapian.org) provides a light-weight alternative with minimal dependencies and a simple programmable interface that is made available in nearly all higher-level languages through swig (swig.org). Install xapian and the python bindings before the meeting, and over the course of an hour we'll have you indexing and searching your local ports tree, and updating your local index as ports are added, modified or removed on your BSD of choice. About the speaker: Matt is Director of the Axial Corps of Engineers, where he first began using Xapian to substantially increase the speed and reduce the complexity of several core systems. Matt is a contributor to the FreeBSD project; xargs(1) is his favorite program (especially with -P). * * * July meeting is Ike on "zfs(8), More Proof UNIX is Dead" August meeting: "Ten Years of NYC*BUG" September panel discussion: ""Can You See Your Server Through the Clouds : The Right Solution or a Just Great Marketing?"