[Op-torch-devel] Update

[Michael R. <os...@ea...>]

hello,

Just a quick update, as there has been, again, very little movement  
on the list.

TORCH is still moving forward, and has been progressing rapidly  
lately.  I have the system moved to Plone 2.5, with membrane and  
remember, and have the system actually semi functional.  Currenlty  
there have been a few glitches, mainlty that I am currently deployed  
(US Army) and my time is not my own.  In my spare time, I don't have  
anything else to do but work on torch, so I guess that is good  news.

The SVN and test server is dead, as I tried to upgrade it long  
distance on a rare opportunity that I get, and fried it.  so it will  
have to wait till I get back, or I sweet talk someone to venture to  
it, which doesn't seem likely.  Hopefully it will be back soon, as I  
would liek to keep my code merged into the SVN server.  Oh well.

I am almost ready to put a demo up on the site though, with the  
clinical stuff working, and adding the billing stuff in soon.  Have  
looked at many options for billing, including Bastion Ledger, wich I  
do not think will work.  It does not progress quickly, and has  
several bugs I don't desire to fix right now.  Also looking at a  
python project, tinyerp, or maybe something as established as sql- 
ledger.

sql ledger has the benefit of being well supported, and functional,  
though python based, making it more of a challenge.  Still doable  
though.

tinyerp has the advantage of being python based, client server based,  
and seems to be very functional.  More on this as it develops.

Scheduling is still an issue.  We have the start of a system by Jake  
Isaac, but he has not the time to continue it right now, so am  
looking at XCalendar again, which will likely do 90% of what I need.   
And I know enough now to be able to add the rest in.  It is well  
supported, (up to now) and will play with it soon.  Will simply be a  
matter of subclassing the event to an appointment with the added  
stuff I need.  I liked Jakes stuff, but will have to see if I can do  
it or not.  For now, I have spun it off onto its's own project, and  
will move forward from there.  Torch seems to be moving more  
modular.  Makes the pieces easier to handle, and easier to give more  
options.

Enough for now.




Michael Rowley MD
Project Manager
TORCH2
Trusted Open source Records for Care and Health