Re: [Poop-group] [announce] The Object Persistathon! (2nd try)

[Darren D. <darren@DarrenDuncan.net>]

On Tue, 30 Nov 2004, Sam Vilain wrote:
> Simon Cozens is including a chapter on POOP in _Advanced Programming
> Perl, 2nd edition_, an O'Reilly book.
> As he is busy with a new direction in his life, I have agreed to
> co-ordinate gathering material and code for possible inclusion in the
> chapter from authors and users of POOP frameworks.
> The challenge is:
> Implement classes to drive this schema (minimally remodelling as you
> feel appropriate):
<snip>
> And produce a test script to do the following things:
<snip>
> And a couple of maintenance scripts:
<snip>

I will reply to this using 2-3 multiple separate messages that are more 
targeted.  All of *those* will go to poo...@li....

First of all, I would *definitely* be interested in implementing the 
things you mention using my bleeding-edge Rosetta/SQL::Routine framework.  
This sort of thing is just the kind of exposure they need, and will 
provide a good documentation opportunity to demonstrate how to do certain 
common tasks, both on an objective and a comparative basis.

Unfortunately, I have started having new bad sectors appearing on my hard 
disk, and will be having it replaced tomorrow under warranty.  This will 
take a few days, during which I probably won't have computer access 
necessary to do the work.  I will also need a minimum of a week after 
those few days to get my implementation ready.  Having 2-4 weeks is 
preferred.  But suffice to say that working on these modules is more or 
less my full time job at the moment, so I'm putting in long hours.

So, when do you / does Simon need these implementations by, either full or 
partial?  Eg, when are early drafts and final drafts needed?  Is the book 
on a rigorous publishing schedule?

Also, do the implementations need to be able to work as is for a 
long period of time, or is it okay that details may require small changes 
later due to module API changes?  While I'm mostly nailed down, there are 
still a few pending API changes to my modules.  They *are* pre-alpha.

I'll send separate replies about task list details and suggested 
task additions; they will all go to poo...@li....

Also, if anyone is interested in my modules, I accept offers of 
assistance.  (Aside from replies to some RFC emails over the last 2 years, 
I've been doing them entirely on my own.)  I also have no list specific to 
developing or using my modules yet, but may start one later when they 
start to get a user base or multiple interested developers.

Thank you. -- Darren Duncan