The Safari Project

- Welcome -

Resources

• The current version of this page
  
  
• Demonstration Sites
  • The perforce public depot
  • The source code to perl (also stored in perforce)
  • The perl modules installed on my development machine
  
  
• The source code
  Some of this source code is copied verbatim or copied then modified from other sources. I have left the original commentary in place in such files, and a credits page is forthcoming. If you donated code here - many thanks
  • via p4db (high uptime)
  • via the demonstration site
  
  
• A bit of documentation
  • A paper on Safari, presented at yapc99 (Yet Another Perl Conference), and the associated slides.
  • Notes on using Safari with Apache
  • A simple diagram from the YAPC talk that outlines Safari's structure
  
  
• The latest development tarball, if it's on this site.
  
  
• The safari-dev mailing list
  (Not to be confused with several other safari oriented lists on egroups).
  • View the archives
  • Search the archives:
     
  • Subscribe by email or by using this oh-so-handy form:
     
  • To send to the list, send to safari-dev@egroups.com.
  
  
• Lead developer: Barrie Slaymaker (barries@slaysys.com)

Status

The Safari Archive Server is in pre-1.0 development state. It is running in 'dogfood' mode (I use it daily) and slated for 1.0 release in July, 1999.

Available back ends

• Perforce
• local filesystem

Back ends under development

• CVS
• Merant (formerly Intersolv)'s PVCS
• Mortice Kern Systems' Source Integrity (planned).
• coming soon to an SCM near you...

Tools known to work in Safari

• lint (gcc -Wall, perl -Olint)
• wc (the Unix word counter)