Re: [sahana-discuss] [sahana-agasti] The Modules of PL/Vesuvius

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Almost forgot to add:

- Referential Integrity on the database
- Removal of unused database tables
- and a constantly evolving database schema ;)

//G

On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 12:41, Greg Miernicki (NIH/NLM/LHC) <
mie...@ma...> wrote:

> (sending to maindev as I keep getting rejected emails when sending to the
> agasti list)
>
> To summarize the changes since I've "taken over" control of the trunk:
>
> - deprecated module have been removed and isolated to a branch on launchpad
> - many new modules added by NLM are now present
> - all 3rd party modules (with the exception of xajax) have been updated to
> their most recent versions
> - a more advanced .htaccess file utilizing mod_rewrite has been added
> - older/unused libraries in /inc have been removed (only libs that were not
> referenced by any modules)
> - new header / comments sections added to each and every file in the
> codebase
> - 95+% of the codebase has been "cleaned up" in terms of style (tab
> spacing, better commented, standardized php usage)
> - two file added: /CHANGELOG and /CHANGELOG_DB which assist developers in
> following along trunk changes made since the last released version of
> Vesuvius (which was v0.9.1 last May)
> - SOAP web service plumbing completely gutted and re-written from scratch
> - many of the current modules rely on a master module : LPF, which contains
> class objects for persons, their associated components, and other
> structures
> - Pootle framework almost 50% re-written in GSoC last summer
>
> This is just the list I can pull off the top of my head. I'd say for a more
> extensive list of changes, to simply check out the source code from a
> revision number back in the day when you were familiar with it, and diff it
> with meld against the current trunk ;)
>
> // Greg
>
> On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 11:06, Pearson, Glenn (NIH/NLM/LHC) [C] <
> gpe...@ma...> wrote:
>
>> Chamindra -
>> I'm turning this over to Greg for further discussion.  We don't have much
>> in the way of developer-level documentation, outside of the code itself and
>> its comments, and the Launchpad changelog.
>> - Glenn
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Chamindra de Silva [mailto:cha...@op...]
>> Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2012 10:28 AM
>> To: ag...@li...
>> Cc: Nuwan Waidyanatha; NLM LHC CEB LPF
>> Subject: Re: [sahana-agasti] The Modules of PL/Vesuvius
>>
>> (moving discussion to agasti only list)
>>
>> Phase 2 did need to be more object oriented especially at the data level,
>> so that is certainly a good thing.
>>
>> I would generally have a greater comfort level using the Versuvius as a
>> base as I know you do security audits. This usage would require a properly
>> tested and audited code base.
>>
>> I presume all this is documented in the WIKI, so will download and try
>> and understand the difference from phase 2. Could you possibly summarize
>> the main differences that a module writer needs to do?
>>
>> Chamindra de Silva
>> http://chamindra-de-silva.blogspot.com | http://twitter.com/ChamindraS
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 8:41 PM, Pearson, Glenn (NIH/NLM/LHC) [C] <
>> gpe...@ma...> wrote:
>> > In the case of Vesuvius, the PHP code has been considerably revised to
>> > be more object-oriented.  So any revived Phase 2 module would need to
>> > tie into that.
>> > Glenn
>> >
>> > ________________________________
>> > From: wai...@gm... [mailto:wai...@gm...] On Behalf
>> > Of Nuwan Waidyanatha
>> > Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2012 1:32 AM
>> >
>> > To: ag...@li...
>> > Cc: NLM LHC CEB LPF; Sahana developers' list;
>> > sah...@li...
>> > Subject: Re: [sahana-agasti] The Modules of PL/Vesuvius
>> >
>> > The Freedom Fone project code base is what we've been continuously
>> > working on since 2009; i.e. since the time of the biosurveillance
>> > project, when we first started working on the CAP Broker.
>> >
>> > Nuwan
>> >
>> >
>> > On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 7:35 AM, Pearson, Glenn (NIH/NLM/LHC) [C]
>> > <gpe...@ma...> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> I think the default answer would be "not compatible out of the box".
>> >> Hard to know how hard it would be to bring it into Vesuvius...
>> >> Anywhere from trivial to real tough. You might also weigh the
>> >> alternatives -
>> >> - use the earlier known-compatable (but less mature) Krakatoa code
>> >> base
>> >> - use Nuwan's Freedom Phone project as a base.
>> >>
>> >> Glenn
>> >>
>> >> -----Original Message-----
>> >> From: Chamindra de Silva [mailto:cha...@op...]
>> >> Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2012 2:54 PM
>> >> To: ag...@li...
>> >> Cc: NLM LHC CEB LPF; Sahana developers' list;
>> >> sah...@li...
>> >> Subject: Re: [sahana-agasti] The Modules of PL/Vesuvius
>> >>
>> >> Greg, Glenn,
>> >>
>> >> Glad to see all the work being done and enhancement to keep this
>> >> codebase alive and stable. I am considering using this  base for
>> >> another project in the area of Child Protection. Is Vesuvius still
>> >> backward compatible with the Sahana phase 2 modules by any chance as
>> >> we once developed a child protection module for an NGO in Sri Lanka
>> that I would like to be able to reuse?
>> >>
>> >> Chamindra de Silva
>> >> http://chamindra-de-silva.blogspot.com |
>> >> http://twitter.com/ChamindraS
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 5:15 AM, Pearson, Glenn (NIH/NLM/LHC) [C]
>> >> <gpe...@ma...> wrote:
>> >> > Greg and I have updated this page, which was last substantially
>> >> > refreshed a year ago:
>> >> >
>> >> > http://wiki.sahanafoundation.org/doku.php/agasti:vesuvius:start
>> >> >
>> >> > Intended mainly for developers, it contains an updated table of all
>> >> > the PL/vesuvius modules that we are actively working with, and some
>> >> > of indication of their "ripeness".  Another table is newly added to
>> >> > show 3rd party libraries.  Also new: a few more icons, more kudos
>> >> > to developers.
>> >> >
>> >> > - Glenn
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