veyepar: This Old Code, or Renovating Dusty Old Open Source For Fun and Profit

Author(s):	Greg Banks
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Software is a human construct and like everything we make it 
eventually falls into disrepair.  Houses get mould, vermin
infestations, and frightening old wiring.  Software projects get
equivalents of these, albeit a few decades faster.

This talk is about the experience of doing a major renovation on 
a software relic: the Cyrus IMAP server.  Fastmail (now Opera
Software Australia) has been using Cyrus commercially to provide
an IMAP interface to an email store for years now, and over the 
last year has significantly contributed to a resurgent effort to
modernise the code and rejuvenate the community.  The author
works fulltime on this project and has both observed and
contributed.

Topics will include: introducing modern software engineering 
practices like Continuous Integration, making testing happen,
attracting a developer community, a practical guide on how to
find and fix outdated coding practices (a.k.a. bugs waiting to
happen), and an introduction to paleoentomology.  All
illustrated with real world examples.

If your organisation depends on ancient software in need of 
revitalising, or if you're just looking for some spare time Open 
Source work to keep your hand in, come to this talk and get some
practical tips and a laugh or two.

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