Re: [htdig-dev] Current Status as of snapshot 3.2.0b4-20030525

[Neal R. <ne...@ri...>]

Question:  I've got a bunch of native win32 support changes I've been
sitting on (and am now reverifying).

Should I sit on them until we release 3.2.0b5??

What about fixes for memory leaks???

I'm back to a period here at work where I can work full-time on HtDig code
itself to make it work natively with Win32....

Thanks.

On Sun, 25 May 2003, Geoff Hutchison wrote:

> STATUS of ht://Dig branch 3-2-x
>
> CHECKLIST FOR 3.2.0b5:
> * Add more items to checklist :-)
> * Must be able to
> 	(a) make check  and
> 	(b) index  www.htdig.org  using  "robotstxt_name: master-htdig"
>   on all systems listed as "supported".
>   Systems tested so far:
>     - Mandrake 8.2, gcc 3.2 (lha, 21 May)
>     - FreeBSD 4.6, gcc 2.95.3 (lha, 23 May)
>     - Debian, Linux kernel 2.2.19, gcc 2.95.4 (lha, 23 May)
>   Partly tested:
>     - SunOS 5.8 = Solaris 2.8, gcc 3.1 (lha.  Makes check.  Big dig not tested)
>     - SunOS 5.8 = Solaris 2.8, Sun cc with g++ 3.1 (lha. Compiles, fails check)
>   To be tested:
>     - RedHat anyone?
>     - OS X anyone?
> * Latin-encodings (Gilles)
> * Check bugs listed in bug-tracker...
> * Polish release docs (Geoff)
>
>
>
>
>
> RELEASES:
>    3.2.0b5: Next release, June 2003???
>    3.2.0b4: "In progress" -- snapshots called "3.2.0b4" until prerelease.
>    3.2.0b3: Released:  22 Feb 2001.
>    3.2.0b2: Released:  11 Apr 2000.
>    3.2.0b1: Released:   4 Feb 2000.
>
> (Please note that everything added here should have a tracker PR# so
> we can be sure they're fixed. Geoff is currently trying to add PR#s for
> what's currently here.)
>
> SHOWSTOPPERS:
> * Mifluz database errors are a severe problem (PR#428295)
> -- Does Neal's new zlib patch solve this for now?
>
> KNOWN BUGS:
> * Odd behavior with $(MODIFIED) and scores not working with
>    wordlist_compress set but work fine without wordlist_compress.
>    (the date is definitely stored correctly, even with compression on
>     so this must be some sort of weird htsearch bug) PR#618737.
> * META descriptions are somehow added to the database as FLAG_TITLE,
>    not FLAG_DESCRIPTION. (PR#618738)
>    Can anyone reproduce this?  I can't! -- Lachlan
>
> PENDING PATCHES (available but need work):
> * Additional support for Win32.
> * Memory improvements to htmerge. (Backed out b/c htword API changed.)
> * Mifluz merge.
>
> NEEDED FEATURES:
> * Quim's new htsearch/qtest query parser framework.
> * File/Database locking. PR#405764.
>
> TESTING:
> * httools programs:
>   (htload a test file, check a few characteristics, htdump and compare)
> * Tests for new config file parser
> * Duplicate document detection while indexing
> * Major revisions to ExternalParser.cc, including fork/exec instead of popen,
>   argument handling for parser/converter, allowing binary output from an
>   external converter.
> * ExternalTransport needs testing of changes similar to ExternalParser.
>
> DOCUMENTATION:
> * List of supported platforms/compilers is ancient. (PR#405279)
> * Document all of htsearch's mappings of input parameters to config attributes
>    to template variables. (Relates to PR#405278.)
>   Should we make sure these config attributes are all documented in
>   defaults.cc, even if they're only set by input parameters and never
>   in the config file?
> * Split attrs.html into categories for faster loading.
> * Turn defaults.cc into an XML file for generating documentation and
>   defaults.cc.
> * require.html is not updated to list new features and disk space
>    requirements of 3.2.x (e.g. regex matching, database compression.)
>    PRs# 405280 #405281.
> * TODO.html has not been updated for current TODO list and
>    completions.
>    I've tried.  Someone "official" please check and remove this -- Lachlan
> * Htfuzzy could use more documentation on what each fuzzy algorithm
>    does. PR#405714.
> * Document the list of all installed files and default
>    locations. PR#405715.
>
> OTHER ISSUES:
> * Can htsearch actually search while an index is being created?
> * The code needs a security audit, esp. htsearch. PR#405765.
>
>
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