[GUSDEV] 5/27 GUS 3.5 Development Status

[Michael S. <msa...@pc...>]

GUS 3.5 Development Status

This is an updated 3.5 status report.  Also, please look for the
announcement of the GUS Workshop, scheduled for July 6-8 in Philadelphia.
As always, please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.

Important!=A0 While components of GUS 3.5 are finalized and the overall syste=
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is nearing release, it is NOT YET READY=A0for use and attempting to do so in =
a
production environment, or even in a test environment in which GUS 3.0
exists MAY RESULT IN DATA LOSS.=A0 You have been warned!=A0 Do NOT=A0use the GUS
3.5 cvs branches for any other purpose than GUS 3.5 development, and only
after having read and fully understanding the relevant documentation.

* Schema

Completed and frozen for release.

* Plugins

Work is underway to update the supported plugins for GUS 3.5.  Roughly a
quarter are complete and tested.  Roughly another quarter are nearly
complete but not yet fully tested.  It's my hope that all plugins will be
completed close to 6/3.

* Application Framework

The Application framework is now functioning properly with PostgreSQL.
There have been other small changes to remove obsolete code and fix small
bugs.

The Java object model will need some review to address persistent compile
issues and a continued reliance on RAD3 (instead of RAD).

* Administrative Functions & Installing

There was a large bug that created incorrect views.  This has been changed.
Also, the PostgreSQL installer has been rewritten and now properly creates
views and rules for updating views.

The bootstrap data still awaits addressing.

* Documentation

Documentation work is underway.  Ed Robinson's plugin guide is being
incorporated into the GUS Developers guide, and I've been working on
combining the existing installation guides into a single guide that's been
updated for 3.5.

* Upgrading

As mentioned, this will occur last.  Jian Lu from VBI has produced a HTML
file outlining the differences between 3.0 and 3.5.  It's quite large (3.5
MB), but hopefully he'll post it or compress it and send it to the list.