Re: [hpoj-devel] some port of PML to ptal

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Jarl Friis wrote:
> I thought when there is no sign of this in the cvs, it was a
> job to be done, anyway I got a deep knowledge of MLC, PML, so I will
> eventually be able contribute on something else.
Sorry about that.  I will make it clearer on the web what the status is
of in-progress items, but actually I had already said "in progress" for
the item "Add PML support to PTAL" on the TODO page.

> But I still wonder why the CVS is on the release-0.7 stage... is it only
> used for realeases? not development?
I prefer not to commit new developments to CVS until they are fairly
functional.  That makes it easier to make interim releases (as was the case
with 0.7) without having to "back out" file revisions or set up branches.

> Are you working full-time on hpoj?
No, but I'd like to.  :-)  For now I'm mostly working on it in my spare time
since I have other responsibilities at work, but out of necessity some of it
does end up spilling into company time.

> Good idea, the OID tables are device dependent, different devices
> recongnise different OIDs, correct?, so there should probably be one
> OID-table for each device or devicegroup, it would be smart if one could
> autodetect what kind of device, and then use the related table for that,
> the one on the web/in the pmloidentries.c is for OfficeJets I guess.
There actually is a fair amount of consistency in the most important OIDs,
but there are also some device-specific OIDs which may not be worth worrying
about for our purposes.

David