irker 1.0 (a functional CIA replacement) is shipped
<p>OK, I&#8217;ve been hacking intensely for most of the last 24 hours and here&#8217;s the payoff: irker-1.0 is shipped.  Code and documentation are at <a href="http://www.catb.org/esr/irker/">http://www.catb.org/esr/irker/</a>.</p>
<p>Out of the starting box we have a hook script with tested support for git and (rather clumsily) Subversion; hg should be a piece of cake for anyone who wants to step up.  Forge-site operators can begin installing the relay daemon and the repo hook immediately, <em>and should do so</em>.</p>
<p>Coming soon: a long essay I&#8217;ve been sitting on analyzing the now-dead CIA service as a case study in over-engineering.  It&#8217;s not really very surprising that it collapsed under its own weight.</p>
<p>Also note that there is an XML-RPC proxy for people who have limited ability to change their hook scripts.  I haven&#8217;t looked at the code myself but there&#8217;s a pointer in the irker README file.</p>
