[Dxspider-support] R: Re: R: Re: Self Spotting

[Luigi - IK5ZUK]

Hi all,

Dirk, about this discussion, please could you let us know your 
opinion ?
Summarizing all the previous posts, there are three possible 
choices:

1. leave the spider code as it is now (without any 
selfspotter filter);
2. introduce a (un)set/selfspotter user command 
(so that each user can switch on or off the filter);
3. introduce a 
$main variable to filter out the selfspot (so that sysops can switch on 
or off the filter on their node).

This topic was discussed some days 
ago, but without your final intervention...

TIA,
73 de Luigi, ik5zuk  




>----Messaggio originale----
>Da: dana at rawding.com
>Data: 18/01/2011 
16.02
>A: "The DXSpider Support list"<dxspider-support at dxcluster.org>

>Ogg: Re: [Dxspider-support] R: Re: Self Spotting
>
>Not a bad idea but 
maybe it also need to be switchable by band or at least only apply to 
HF.  I would never turn it on if it was going to prevent self spotting 
on VHF or up.
>
>Dana
>N1OFZ
>
>On Jan 17, 2011, at 2:39 PM, Robert 
Chalmas wrote:
>
>> This is a very controversial topic which was 
already discussed a few times on this list.
>> 
>> Obviously, there is 
no chance we (and our users too) all agree on this.
>> 
>> On my side, 
I really hate "self spots", "friend spots", "my club spots", and 
similar. I've been modifying the code of DXSpider for many years 
(starting 2003) to get rid of what I consider as a nuisance on my node 
HB9IAC-8. Not a complex job, just 4 lines to add at the right place to 
the /spider/perl/DXProtHandle.pm file (but to do again after each 
upgrade), and all "self spots" disappear...not optimal, but the easiest 
to do...
>> 
>> Several other sysops asked me for this "forbidden" 
code, one of them being so discouraged that he was seriously thinking 
about stopping his node if he could find no solution to this problem.

>> 
>> I strongly encourage Dirk to add a switch which would enable 
each user to choose if he wants to receive "self spots" or not, with a 
command like (un)set/selfspots. This seems me a reasonable compromise 
which would for sure be ethically better then a full censorship decided 
by the sysop alone.
>> 
>> 73's
>> 
>> Robert - HB9BZA
>> 
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