[dev-context] Re: [NTG-context] install-modules script and git URLs

Hi, About modules.contextgarden.net:

On 20 Dec 2023, at 13:37, Taco Hoekwater wrote:

I’ll try to get around to this, but I do not like working in perl either (well, not any more) so I never seem to get around to it. Right now, I am considering rewriting the site using luametatex as CGI engine. Likely not much more efficient than using perl, but it does sound like a fun project to work on…

It looks like this is going to work out. Hans helped me with the mysql database access, and the sha2 library in luametatex means I can actually check user passwords. Finally, homebrew allows me to have a local site to play with on my macbook (not having to do everything remotely is a much more convenient way to work). Now I ‘just’ need to write a bunch of lua code to replace the 12k lines of perl code. If nothing else, this should make for a fun talk at the next meeting. Best wishes and enjoy the holiday season, Taco