[bop] Project status

[John S. J. A. <ja...@ge...>]

Greetings --

I've actually managed to get some BOP hacking done this weekend, so I
thought I'd share my progress, and see if I can't flush out some
feedback.

I've fixed several stupid typo-level bugs, and flushed out a logic
error or two along the way. There are now scripts in the bin/
directory that should make the process of adding things to the
database a little easier to stomach. Finally, I've laid out the road
to the next couple of releases in the TODO file -- I've got another 4
or 5 hours of work (total guesstimate), including getting the
bop.sourceforge.net site working under bop, before the 0.1 release
will be finished. (I've included the Changelog for these updates
below, in case anyone's interested.)

WHAT YOU CAN DO: Grab the CVS sources, play around a little bit, and
send feedback, feedback, feedback! If you're feeling really ambitious,
pick an item from the TODO file, and talk to me about implementing it.

See ya later --
john.

<CHANGELOG>
2000-07-16  John S. J. Anderson  <ja...@ge...>

	* TODO: Revised list to reflect work that I've done.

	* bin/add_glossary_item: Finished this script. Removed
	edit_glossary, because calling add_glossary with a template name
	as argument does the same thing.

	* Template.pm (get_template_object_by_name): Improved error
	handling.

	* Glossary.pm (edit): Fixed brain-dead error where template was
	being writen to STDOUT instead of tmp file.
	(error_save): Wrote this function, which dumps the information
	from a Glossary object to disk. It should be called when an error
	prevents inserting the information into the database.
	(insert): Refined error handling; fixed error in return() call.
	(get_gloss_object_by_name): Refined error handling.
	
	* Template.pm (edit): Fixed brain-dead error that made editing
	existing objects fail.
	(error_save): Wrote this function, which dumps the information
	from a Template object to disk. It should be called when an error
	prevents inserting the information into the database.
	(get_template_object_by_uin): Fixed typo that made return of true
	into return of false.
	
	* bin/add_template: Finished this script. Removed edit_template,
	because calling add_template with a template name as argument does
	the same thing.

	* bin/add_page: Finished this script. Removed edit_page, because
	calling add_page with a page title as argument does the same
	thing.

	* Page.pm (error_save): Wrote this function, which dumps the
	information from a Page object to disk. It should be called when
	an error prevents inserting the information into the database.
	(get_page_object_by_title): Modified error handling so that when
	no rows match, the Right Thing happens.
	(insert): Fixed typo in SQL UPDATE statement.
	
	* Bop.pm (init_env): Moved the code from this function into the
	'global' section of the file, so that it gets run when the file is
	use()'d. Also moved the $dbh from the main namespace into
	Bop's. No more need to call this function; just use Bop(). 8^)=
	(global): Added use() calls for Entry.pm (commented out at the
	moment), Glossary.pm, Page.pm, and Template.pm. This way, scripts
	just have to 'use Bop;' and they get everything; no need to
	remember what's where.
	(misc): Code clean-ups and tweaks.
</CHANGELOG>


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