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Re: Searchcode: Source code search engine

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Post by boyter »

Well did not expect this to pop up again. Creator of searchcode.com here so feel free to ask questions. However preemptively,

Why it is not 100% free software http://www.boyter.org/2014/10/searchcode-com-100-free-softwa...

My responses to the previous discussion on HN http://www.boyter.org/2014/07/feedback-loop/ and the last discussion https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7947075

I am currently working on an offline version you can download and run yourself, probably going to be called searchcode server with a pricing model similar to octopus deploy. You can register your interest here https://searchcode.com/product/

Some information about how searchcode works (Django MySQL Sphinx Nginx Celery), http://www.boyter.org/2014/06/searchcode/ and http://www.boyter.org/2014/06/sphinx-searchcode/

You can read more about its development on my personal blog http://www.boyter.org/category/searchcode/

Feel free to ask any questions or provide feedback.

Re: Searchcode: Source code search engine

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Post by Quanttek »

boyter wrote: post #3

Well did not expect this to pop up again. Creator of searchcode.com here so feel free to ask questions. However preemptively, Why it is not 100% free software http://www.boyter.org/2014/10/searchcode-com-100-free-softwa... My responses to the previous discussion on HN http://www.boyter.org/2014/07/feedback-loop/ and the last discussion https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7947075 I am currently working on an offline…

Well, but couldn't you just don't offer any support? If you would publish it on Github, you could just 'unwatch' it and maybe let the community support itself. Of course, bug reports and contributions are nice, so you could have a few trusted colloborateurs, who forward those few useful 'issues' to you

EDIT: I meant my comment more in the way of "Do you actually have an obligation to support your free software?". It's understandable, that, with open-sourcing code, you will get a lot of support load, but it will only affect you, if you actually plan to respond to them (That's why I proposed 'unwatch'ing it. It may seem stupid, but I thought this could be a way out for OP. Just code-dump the project, add a commit here and then, but never try to offer support/respond to questions etc.

But even then, I'm perfectly fine with not open-sourcing it. It's still an awesome and useful tool. Great work OP!

Re: Searchcode: Source code search engine

#5

Post by boyter »

Quanttek wrote: post #4
boyter wrote: post #3

Well did not expect this to pop up again. Creator of searchcode.com here so feel free to ask questions. However preemptively, Why it is not 100% free software http://www.boyter.org/2014/10/searchcode-com-100-free-softwa... My responses to the previous discussion on HN http://www.boyter.org/2014/07/feedback-loop/ and the last discussion https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7947075 I am currently working on an offline…

Well, but couldn't you just don't offer any support? If you would publish it on Github, you could just 'unwatch' it and maybe let the community support itself. Of course, bug reports and contributions are nice, so you could have a few trusted colloborateurs, who forward those few useful 'issues' to you EDIT: I meant my comment more in the way of "Do you actually have an obligation to support your free software?". It'…

I am going to assume you are referring to why its not free software.

Yes I could. I can guarantee I would still get a deluge of email asking about how to set things up. The amount I deal with from my Decoding Captcha's article is more than I can bear.

However it is something I may do in the future. Certainly if I ever shut it down I will release all source.

Re: Searchcode: Source code search engine

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Post by hacker_9 »

boyter wrote: post #5
Quanttek wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well, but couldn't you just don't offer any support? If you would publish it on Github, you could just 'unwatch' it and maybe let the community support itself. Of course, bug reports and contributions are nice, so you could have a few trusted colloborateurs, who forward those few useful 'issues' to you EDIT: I meant my comment more in the way of "Do you actually have an obligation to support your free software?". It'…

I am going to assume you are referring to why its not free software. Yes I could. I can guarantee I would still get a deluge of email asking about how to set things up. The amount I deal with from my Decoding Captcha's article is more than I can bear. However it is something I may do in the future. Certainly if I ever shut it down I will release all source.

I can't believe the first comment here is making a problem out of it not being free. Sadly the vocal majority of HN will berat you for not making all your code open source and the product free; but don't think for a second they know anything about what they're talking about. As a sole developer you have to support yourself somehow. This project is full of high-quality features so good job! Your effort is to be commended.

Re: Searchcode: Source code search engine

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Post by boyter »

hacker_9 wrote: post #6
boyter wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I am going to assume you are referring to why its not free software. Yes I could. I can guarantee I would still get a deluge of email asking about how to set things up. The amount I deal with from my Decoding Captcha's article is more than I can bear. However it is something I may do in the future. Certainly if I ever shut it down I will release all source.

I can't believe the first comment here is making a problem out of it not being free. Sadly the vocal majority of HN will berat you for not making all your code open source and the product free; but don't think for a second they know anything about what they're talking about. As a sole developer you have to support yourself somehow. This project is full of high-quality features so good job! Your effort is to be commen…

Thank you!

Re: Searchcode: Source code search engine

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Post by anarcat »

it looks like there's a bunch of stuff out there that this doesn't find. it seems limited to specific silos like github and so on.

the debian code search, on the other hand, has access to all software shipped with debian: https://codesearch.debian.net/

this is arguably another silo, but the diversity of software in there is also interesting.

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