[Openinteract-dev] OI2 weekly status report 2005-03-13

[Chris W. <ch...@cw...>]

Not quite as much going on this week (real-life intrudes), but still
some good progress:

Package configuration moved
--------------------

(Issue: OIN-117)

Usable package configuration files (for actions and SPOPS objects) are
now under the website's 'conf/' directory and NOT in the individual
package directorie -- the package 'news' will have its files as:

  $WEBSITE_DIR/conf/news/action.ini
  $WEBSITE_DIR/conf/news/spops_news.ini
  ...

This working copy will never get overwritten with package upgrades: if
a package modifies its own configuration the updated file will be
rewritten to a subdirectory 'updates/' and the differences can be
merged manually.

This also means we'll be getting rid of the 'GlobalOverride'
configuration modifier. Less code!


More localization source formats
--------------------

(Issue: OIN-143)

You can now use PO and MO files to provide localization messages. The
methods for referencing the messages doesn't change and don't need to
know where they came from. Additionally, a package can use both PO/MO
files and the custom OI2 message format.


Smaller items worth noting
--------------------

OIN-72: Finish up the work necessary to make OI2 packages
CPAN-distributable and modify all the core and extra packages to
support it.

OIN-46, OIN-53, OIN-92: Documentation updates to API guidelines,
apache administration, and tutorial on advanced features.

OIN-150: Salve fixed references from 'action_errors' to
'action_messages' in templates.

Chris

--
Chris Winters
Creating enterprise-capable snack systems since 1988