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From: Craig R. <cro...@us...> - 2007-04-26 19:09:25
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This release mainly brings Colander up to date with Java 1.6 (aka Java 6). * Fixed "could not compile stylesheet" error under Java 6 * Fixed 'assignment.dtd not found' under MS Windows with Java 6 * Fixed bug in saving of persistent data that would omit some items * Updated policy to work with stricter security * Ensure a maximum width of 80 columns in plain <pre> sections |
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From: Craig R. <cro...@us...> - 2005-11-25 19:09:21
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This release contains a fix for a failure of automatic runs in certain =20 cases. |
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From: Craig R. <cro...@us...> - 2005-10-25 15:59:02
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This release fixes a few parsing bugs and formats the results a little =20 better. Changes from Version 1.0: * Place CDATA wrappers around link element contents in XML feeds * repair invalid Location HTTP headers sent by some servers * make MailCheck parse headers more reliably * addToHTML: all plaintext will attempt to wrap at 80 columns * closeout any dangling italic and bold tags during addToHTMLFile * updated WeatherCanada task for minor title fix |
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From: Craig R. <cro...@us...> - 2005-08-14 15:21:08
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Colander is a Java application which acts as a scripted personal Internet =20 agent (performance of arbitrary scripted tasks through the provided =20 framework.) Access is possible through a standard web browser. Please see http://colander.sourceforge.net/ for more informaiton. If you are experiencing any bugs, please let me know via the mailing list, = =20 the bug tracker or by private email if you prefer. |
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From: Craig R. <cro...@us...> - 2005-07-04 01:06:11
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This release features a new graphical frontend as well as command line =20 invocation. The "server" and "local" scripts have been replaced with a =20 single startup script for all uses. On UNIX/Linux, run "colander" On Microsoft Windows, run "colander.bat" Additional changes from version 0.12.0: * Fix: HTTP redirect bug * Added debug option to graphical and command line startup * Add Colander version number to graphical frontend and system.log |
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From: Craig R. <cro...@us...> - 2005-06-07 00:09:48
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Changes from version 0.10.1: * Added new replaceStrings and replaceTags actions * Allow empty parameters in assignments * Add tasklist.asgn as a standalone assignment * Include URL in failure status |
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From: Craig R. <cro...@us...> - 2005-04-25 21:20:32
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This is a minor tweak and bugfix release. * Fix: Display proper location for moved HTTP resources * Fix: ensure XMLStream variable parsedXML is always initialised * updated security news link in default assignment * updated WeatherCanada to new 'normals for period' format * Revert abandonment of actions after a failed task --> ensure feedback * Eliminated redundant success page for 'delete file' from web interface * entity tweaks |
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From: Craig R. <cro...@us...> - 2005-02-05 23:05:37
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This release has lots of bugfixes and a number of feature changes. Major, user visible, items of note are: * Raised all PersistentData retention to 31 days * Updated WeatherCanada task to handle new website format * Made task edit interface easier with (optional) Javascript code * Eliminated some redundant success pages from the web interface * New assignments now only have a single sample predefined task * Abort actions if task success flag is false Please see the release notes on the file download page for detailed changes. |
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From: Craig R. <cro...@us...> - 2004-12-22 00:34:03
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This is a minor tweak and bugfix release. * Fix: only determine XML encoding from a valid location in the document * Fix: fallback to UTF-8 if encoding is unsupported in GetXML * addToHTMLFile doesn't allow pre sections to be more than 80 chars wide * give getFile more suggested transforms * Added a link to the documentation on the login page * Added isDebugModeSet() method to ServerProperties * Cleaned up obsolete and now redundant code in HTMLStream * Separated log and server invocation into separate classes in tests |
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From: Craig R. <cro...@us...> - 2004-10-24 21:48:08
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This release is mainly to updated Colander to play nice with Java 1.5 (aka Java 5) Modifications since 0.6.2 you need to be aware of: * Assignments will need to change the <Colander> element to <ColanderAssignment> * Any tasks you have written will have to change the name of the 'getXML' method to 'getResult'. * If your assignments are being interrupted, please note that there is now an adjustable time limit on assignment runs, default is ten minutes. Also: * RDF/RSS feeds will now only display new items. Use the new EntireFeedToHTML transform to see all items. * Added PersistentData helper so tasks can store information between runs. * Please see the release notes on the file download page for a detailed changelog. |
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From: Craig R. <cro...@us...> - 2004-10-02 13:45:42
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Colander is a Java application which acts as a scripted personal Internet =20 agent (performance of arbitrary scripted tasks through the provided =20 framework.) Access is possible through a standard web browser. This is an unstable release which should function correctly, but may have =20 some bugs and rough edges. Also, it doesn't have up-to-date documentation =20 like the stable releases. Items of note: * Any tasks you have written will have to change the name of the 'getXML' =20 method to 'getResult'. * RDF/RSS feeds will now only display new items. Use the new =20 EntireFeedToHTML transform to see all items. * If your assignments are being interrupted, please note that there is now = =20 an adjustable time limit on assignment runs, default is ten minutes. Please see the release notes on the file download page for a detailed =20 changelog. |
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From: Craig R. <cro...@us...> - 2004-09-02 23:23:55
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Changes from version 0.6.1: * Fixed some character set issues with GetFile, HTML and XML tasks * Fixed conversion of % and ' to hex codes in forms * Escape unknown entities so that they appear in the result and don't cause a task failure * Display progress of tasks on standard output when running in local mode * Added timezone info to system.log when in debug mode |
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From: Craig R. <cro...@us...> - 2004-06-28 03:51:29
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Introducing 0.6.0, which is a stable release. Please note that some of the usage and internal API has changed since release 0.4.3. Please see the internal documentation for details if you are upgrading. Amongst the changes most noticeable to the user: * Added status updates to busy page during assignment runs * Allow user to interrupt a running assignment * Added capability to safely install on top of a previous version * Added support for encrypted connections with the client's web browser * admin can now set server properties from within web interface (allow/disallow user shutdown removed as a separate command) * Renamed existing Weather task to WeatherCanada and added WeatherUSA task for American weather * Removed obsolete GnomeOrg task * Added ShortFeedToHTML transform that only outputs first 5 items * Added proper character set support and removed StringStream class * Altered security policy to allow tasks to directly read and write to user's own account directory Accessed via FileStream class * Relegated XMLHelper to just parsing result documents, other XML handling can be done with transforms and Renamed XMLHelper to ResultHelper * Renamed Config class to Assignment * Separated ColanderService into HTTPService and HTMLResponse A full changelog is available in the docs directory of the package. If you are experiencing any bugs, please let me know via the mailing list, the bug tracker or by private email if you prefer. |
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From: Craig R. <cro...@us...> - 2004-05-22 03:16:24
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This release has all of the features and bugfixes that will lead to the next stable branch. Unless any bugs are brought to my attention, this is it. Please note that some of the usage and API has changed since release 0.4.3. See the release notes and internal documentation for details. If you are experiencing any bugs, please let me know via the mailing list, the bug tracker or by private email if you prefer. |
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From: Craig R. <cro...@us...> - 2004-05-05 02:29:05
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This is an unstable release which should function correctly, but may have some bugs and rough edges. Also, it doesn't have up-to-date documentation like the stable releases. Changes from Version 0.5.5: * Altered security policy to allow tasks to directly read and write to user's own account directory Accessed via FileStream class * Fixed download and upload regressions * Put a 30 second timeout on connections to Colander server * HTMLStream now uses charset in META tags if Content-Type is not present * Deal with over-zealous pre-processing of ampersands in XML feeds * Added a few more request headers to HTMLStream * Added ShortFeedToHTML transform that only outputs first 5 items * Added character based input validation for HTTP input * Added date to MailCheck summaries * Replaced vanished bottomquark feed with ScienceDaily in default assignment |
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From: Craig R. <cro...@us...> - 2004-04-06 16:37:11
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Fixes, cleanups and tweaks are stuff of which this release is made. See the release notes on the download page for a summary. * * * * * Colander is a Java application which acts as a scripted personal Internet agent (performance of arbitrary scripted tasks through the provided framework.) Access is possible through a standard web browser. This is an unstable release which should function correctly, but may have some bugs and rough edges. Also, it doesn't have up-to-date documentation like the stable releases. |
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From: Craig R. <cro...@us...> - 2004-03-18 20:11:14
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A lot of reworking of the code went into this release to properly identify and support various character encodings. The ByteStream class also had to be altered to take advantage of the non-blocking capabilities of the Java nio Channel classes. The changes seem to be running smoothly, although the code needs to be cleaned up a little again. The development series is now feature complete for the forthcoming 0.6 stable series, which will be beta status. The remaining 0.5 releases will be rounding out the test suite, fixing bugs, cleaning up code and documentation. * * * * * Colander is a Java application which acts as a scripted personal Internet agent (performance of arbitrary scripted tasks through the provided framework.) Access is possible through a standard web browser. This is an unstable release which should function correctly, but may have some bugs and rough edges. Also, it doesn't have up-to-date documentation like the stable releases. |
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From: Craig R. <cro...@us...> - 2004-02-08 17:26:20
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This release adds status update and interrupt capabilities to assignment runs. It also adds a web interface for all server settings. Other fixes and improvements are detailed in the release notes on the download page. * * * * * Colander is a Java application which acts as a scripted personal Internet agent (performance of arbitrary scripted tasks through the provided framework.) Access is possible through a standard web browser. This is an unstable release which should function correctly, but may have some bugs and rough edges. Also, it doesn't have up-to-date documentation like the stable releases. |
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From: Craig R. <cro...@us...> - 2004-01-30 23:57:56
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This release fixes a long un-noticed bug that prevented more than one result from being added to the left or right section of HTML output. Oops. See the release notes on the download for a list of the other fixes and improvements. * * * * * Colander is a Java application which acts as a scripted personal Internet agent (performance of arbitrary scripted tasks through the provided framework). Access is possible through a standard web browser. Colander is in a useable state. It is listed as alpha software due to changes that may yet occur in the interface and API. This is an update and bugfix release. |
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From: Craig R. <cro...@us...> - 2003-12-11 03:02:38
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This release adds the capability to safely install over a previous version. However, it is primarily an internal improvement release. Numerous other bug fixes and updates are included as detailed in the release notes on the download page. Colander is a Java application which acts as a scripted personal Internet agent (performance of arbitrary scripted tasks through the provided framework.) Access is possible through a standard web browser. This is an unstable release which should function correctly, but may have some bugs and rough edges. Also, it doesn't have up-to-date documentation like the stable releases. |
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From: Craig R. <cro...@us...> - 2003-11-01 17:27:38
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Support for U.S. weather is now included with task WeatherUSA. The (example) Weather task has been renamed to WeatherCanada. Various other bug fixes and updates are included as detailed in the release notes on the download page. * * * * * Colander is a Java application which acts as a scripted personal Internet agent (performance of arbitrary scripted tasks through the provided framework). Access is possible through a standard web browser. Colander is in a useable state. It is listed as alpha software due to changes that may yet occur in the interface and API. This is an update and bugfix release. |
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From: Craig R. <cro...@us...> - 2003-10-04 03:32:05
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Colander is a Java application which acts as a scripted personal Internet agent (performance of arbitrary scripted tasks through the provided framework.) Access is possible through a standard web browser. This is an unstable release which should function correctly, but may have some bugs and rough edges. Also, it doesn't have up-to-date documentation like the stable releases. This release introduces optional encrypted connections between the web interface and the colander server. It also has more re-organization of the core classes, and a few bug fixes. |
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From: Craig R. <cro...@us...> - 2003-08-22 12:19:41
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Colander is a Java application which acts as a scripted personal Internet agent (performance of arbitrary scripted tasks through the provided framework). Access is possible through a standard web browser. Colander is in a useable state. It is listed as alpha software due to changes that may yet occur in the interface and API. The "Blackout Special" - stable release. This release was delayed and then completed at odd hours in order to be nice to the folks trying to get the electrical grid back up to full capacity here in the North American north-east. Thanks to everyone who helped out. The changes centre around ensuring the web interface functions correctly for certain cases involving character sets and binary data. There are also a number of minor fixes as outlined in the release notes on the download page. |
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From: Craig R. <cro...@us...> - 2003-08-03 22:11:22
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This is an unstable release which should function correctly, but may have some bugs and rough edges. Also, it doesn't have up-to-date documentation like the stable releases. This release is an overhaul of the API to make the application thread safe. There are also other bug fixes and code cleanups as detailed in the release notes on the download page. Colander is a Java application which acts as a scripted personal Internet agent (performance of arbitrary scripted tasks through the provided framework.) Access is possible through a standard web browser. Colander is in a usable state. It is listed as alpha software due to changes that may yet occur in the interface and API. Having had the opportunity to use Colander for awhile, development is now focusing on defining and stabilizing the core API. Once that is achieved, the project will be declared to be in beta. Input is welcome. |
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From: Craig R. <cro...@us...> - 2003-06-15 14:45:52
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The project isn't as inactive as it may look. Download statistics are broken and CVS stats are not accurate. As a result, the activity percentage is often around 0%. These issues are noted in the SourceForge Site Status page. Work is in progress on the next development branch and when the subsequent 0.6 stable branch comes out, Colander should reach beta status. Of course, the 0.4 stable branch is still active until then and any bug fixes will be applied against it. The beginnings of a FAQ (answers to Frequently Asked Questions) is now available. You can find it linked off of the home page at http:// colander.sourceforge.net/ Finally, the test classes within the source packages seem to fail on Red Hat Linux 9. The application may exhibit additional weirdness on that platform. Red Hat Linux 7.x is unaffected. The problem is under investigation. |
