Parts Tracker Tasks List Version 00

This is a copy of an old list, archived on 2001-Oct-12. See the current sheet.

These are the outstanding tasks required to get the initial version of the parts tracker up and running. Tasks are listed by file.

• ptrm
  • Remove the .meta and .vote files when removing a .dat file. ptupdate uses the presence of these files to indicate needed processing. (added 7-Sep seb)
• submit.cgi
  • Enh: auto-generate comments for warning messages, such as 'invalid filename for part. must be fixed before part can be released'. Add these comments in the .meta review file.
  • Enhancement: allow a comment to be posted with the submission. (added 10-Sept seb)
  • Submit does not die correctly when updating an existing file, and web user doesn't have write-rights to the existing file. (added 8/30 seb)
  • Add logic to display blank form when no data is supplied. (added 8/30 seb) done 8/31 seb
  • Analyze performance of script. (added 8/28 seb)
  • Remove debug code.
  • Track uid of submitter (added 8/27 seb).
  • (enhancement, not POR): modify check_ldraw_file to return 20 errors.
  • Insert LDRAW_ORG header line into parts, as they are submitted.
  • Update to use paths.cfg done 8/15 seb
    8/20 - converted paths.cfg code to PT.pm - seb.
  • Standardize html layout done 8/20 seb
  • Add 'submit' keyword to logfile entry. done 8/20 seb
• review.cgi
  • BUG: Review comments are being cut off at single-quotes, question marks, and probably other punctuation. (added 8/31 seb) done Sep-5 seb
  • Analyze performance of script. (added 8/28 seb)
  • Remove debug code.
  • Add logic to check privileges of user - only allow authorized reviewers to post reviews. done Sep-5 seb
  • Update to use PT.pm done 8/20 seb
  • Standardize html layout done 8/20 seb
  • Log activity to submit logfile. Tag entries with 'review' keywords. done 8/20 seb
  • Debugged review.cgi. 8/22 seb
  • Added show param, to force display of form with partname filled in. 8/22 seb
• detail.cgi
  • Analyze performance of script. (added 8/28 seb)
  • Include code to display the contents of .meta and .vote. done seb 8/22
  • ... and the review-post form. done seb 8/22
  • Update dependencies code to allow for new item (official/unofficial) in the input data. Only display unofficial items on webpage. done seb 8/22
  • Update paths.cfg to PT.pm.done 8/?? seb
  • Write it. See library/tracker/*.html for static examples of layout. done 8/16 seb
  • Be sure to use paths.cfg done 8/16 seb
  • Include code to display links to the tracker index, part-submit form done 8/16 seb
  • ... and the detail page for the part. done 8/20 seb
  • Include code to list links to unofficial sub-files (see use of $DEPENDS_FILE in updateweb.pl). done 8/16 seb
  • Standardize html layout done 8/16 seb
  • Changed f param to filename in link to review.cgi
• review.tmpl
  • Keep heading/footer in synch with page_head.htmf and page_foot.htmf. done 8/31 seb
  • Cleaned up code, removed redundant html headers. 8/22 seb
  • added <<file>> tag, to be replaced with actual filename by review.cgi.
• PT.pm / paths.cfg
  • Add setting for zip unofficial-download file. done 8/24 seb
  • Add setting to point to user-privileges file. done 8/30 seb
  • Converted paths.cfg to PT.pm done 8/16 seb
  • Add setting to point to detail.cgi done 8/16 seb
  • Add setting to point to reviews html template. done 8/20 seb
• settings/users.roles
  • Figure out how this file works. done 8/30 seb
• ptupdate
  • Analyze performance of script. (added 8/28 seb)
  • Create and update library/unofficial/parts.lst - see download/parts/parts.txt for format. (added 8/27 seb)
  • On the index.html page, add certification-vote summary for each part file. Maybe show an icon for each reviewer's nod? (x=no, check=yes, ?=novote)
  • Log uid ...
  • and date of submissions. (added 8/27 seb) done 8/31 seb
  • Set up cron job done Sep-5 seb
  • Rename updateweb.pl to ptupdate done Sep-5 seb
  • BUG: multiple votes from single reviewer are recorded to vote file. Newest vote should overwrite prior vote. done Sep-5 seb
  • Extract write_index and the zip-update routines to a subfile, so they can be executed as needed. (added 8/31 seb) done Sep-5 seb
  • BUG: write_index should list all four file types (parts, subparts, primitives and hi-res primitives), even if there are no files for some types. (added 8/31 seb) done Sep-5 seb
  • BUG: Review comments are being cut off at single-quotes, question marks, and probably other punctuation. (added 8/31 seb) done Sep-5 seb
  • Fix bug reading/interpreting reviews. done 8/23 seb
  • Fix bug where the "A new version was submitted" message is posted for a submitted file, when the proper message is "the file is added". done 8/23 seb
  • Update zip file with new parts. done 8/24 seb
  • Resolve compiler warnings. done 8/22 seb
  • Review code for performance / code size gains done 8/17 db
  • In write_index, write out a link to submit.html done 8/15 seb
  • Restructure code; use the submit.log entries as the main loop, handling each submit and review as it appears in the file. done 8/21 seb
  • Add introductory text for index.html to write_index. done 8/24 seb
• download.html
  • Keep heading/footer in synch with page_head.htmf and page_foot.htmf. done Sep-19 seb
  • Write static html page for downloading zip of all current unofficial parts. done 8/24 seb
• page_head.htmf - html fragment for dynamic pages.
  • Updated download link to point to download.html. done 8/24 seb
• WebIndex.pm - perl module to refresh web files
  • Make sure all Section headings (Parts, Subparts, ...) are displayed, even if there are some sections with no files. done 5-Sept seb
  • Make sure "(no parts in this section)" messages are displayed correctly. done 5-Sept seb
• release.pl
  • write it

Finally: test, Test, TEST!

Near future:

• An 'unsubmit' function is needed, to allow files to be removed from the unofficial set. (added 8/28 seb)
• Move dependencies file, .meta (reviews), and .vote (certifications) into ldraw library location other than the unofficial library directories.
• Replace monolithic dependencies file with individual files for each part - one for superfiles, one for subfiles.
• Develop "get a part number" interface.
• Develop "get a pattern number" interface.
• Develop "rename a part" interface.
• A help/info/about page is much needed!
• Especially a 'how do I figure out or obtain the number(s) for my part help page.
• And a page explaining the part-numbering scheme.
• Page(s) devoted to KEYWORDS, CATEGORIES, and BFC would be very useful.
• Split library/tracker/index.html into two pages: a true start page, and a separate file-list page. done Sep-19 seb
• Make a dynamic page to show 'parts ready for release'
• And another page to show 'parts most needing review'
• Develop cgi to show diffs for a part
• Develop cgi to return MPD stream for a part, including all unofficial subfiles needed.