Re: [SPMSDev] Starting SPMS4

[Fleet A. S. D. <cn...@br...>]

I agree with those server specs.

-Ed

Dan Taylor wrote:

> Ed,
>
> That is my plan so far, the only thing thats currently in code are the
> core classes. These are all code I'm importing from another project I
> did this year to save us re-inventing the wheel. This means we have a
> database API, Theme Class API and Error Logging API already to use for
> SPMS4 (The phpdocumentor documentation for them will be online when I
> am finished tweaking the comments.)
>
> I've set up some tasks on the sourceforge site detailing what needs to
> be done and in what order, feel free to add to them or modify them as
> necessary. They have mainly been written for me by me.
>
> I've given over my domain taylord1.co.uk to SPMS Development, I'm not
> sure Mambo is the correct software for the site. I'm playing around
> with using Apache Forrest and Apache Lenya to generate the site.
>
> As I type this I am preparing to upload some changes to the SPMS3
> repositry, I have found a few bugs in the copy of 3.0.3 that need to
> be fixed. The main changes I'm making are cleaning up some of the
> admin area code that needed cleaning up this time last year, and
> updating the application form (Implementing client side validation,
> and cleaning up the emails which are sent). When my changes are in
> there, I'll give you and Darian the nod that its ready for another
> test. Then we can put out a 3.0.4 release (http://serenity.tf72.org/
> currently reports as being SPMS 3.0.4 Alpha because I'm implementing
> these fixes there).
>
> So far I've had some feedback from SPMS users regarding my ideas for
> SPMS4, I'm hoping to generate some community backing for this project.
> The only way to describe what they have requested is a full content
> management system. So thats the direction my Version 4 design is
> heading to.
>
> I've had one person step forward and offer thier assistance with a
> SPMS Documentation Project, to provide user guides for version 4. It's
> DrDanielJackson from AceIRC, so Darian and I already know him. Once he
> has a sourceforge account I'm going to add him to the project and give
> him access to the SourceForge Documentation Manager, once the design
> is complete we can begin writting the documentation as each section is
> completed.
>
> One thing I do want to throw in the air now is the hosting
> requirements of SPMS4,  I'm aiming for it to be deployed to web
> servers running PHP 4.X and MySQL 3 or above. Are you and Darian happy
> with this? I still feel its too early to create PHP5 only software,
> and most webhosts haven't moved to MySQL 4, so there is little point
> using the features provided by either.
>
> ~Dan
>
> Fleet Admiral Sorac Dunar wrote:
>
>> Dan,
>>
>> I would like for the Requirements listing you are putting together to be
>> public before we get started on any coding.
>>
>> I would like us to have a solid requirements document put together, and
>> then additionally a solid design document detailing how each of the
>> requirements will be implemented. they should be two documents and the
>> three of us as project admins should review both documents before they
>> are made public.
>>
>> Once that is done it makes it easier to assign tasks to other developers
>> for them to start working on.
>>
>> Once you get your thgouhts together start posting them here and we can
>> work throguh the whole thing.
>>
>> -Ed
>>
>> Dan Taylor wrote:
>>
>>  
>>
>>> Hey Folks,
>>>
>>> As your both aware I've started doing things towards a new version of
>>> SPMS, despite my leanings towards Java code recently SPMS will
>>> continue to be a PHP project (However, I have considered a Java Port
>>> ;)).
>>>
>>> Initially I'm calling this SPMS4 rather than SPMS 3.1, all of the
>>> version 3 source code and database layout has been dropped. I'm
>>> re-developing SPMS from the ground up, this is in response to the
>>> feedback I've been given by users and because of my own experiences
>>> with SPMS. The main aim of the project is to remove a series of
>>> security concerns I have with version 3, and to re-build the core of
>>> SPMS in to a series of objects. Additionally I am going to be adding
>>> functionality beyond that provided by previous versions of SPMS.
>>>
>>> I tidied up the Sourceforge site a little yesterday, I have disabled
>>> CVS access for everyone but us at the moment. While I'm working on the
>>> SPMSCore package I would prefer it if I was the only person committing
>>> code to the repository, I have set up a CVS ACL which limits commit
>>> rights to the three of us (Yeah, we're the only ones on this list
>>> right now too, I'll add other people back if they request it).
>>>
>>> Currently I have a draft requirements list for SPMS4, as I analyse
>>> each requirement I'm designing it too. Currently I have a firm design
>>> for the SPMSCore Package and for the manifest system, other sections
>>> of the system will be designed as a get through the mountain of
>>> possible additions and modifications to version 3.
>>>
>>> As I get further through this I'll send out more updates, because I'm
>>> LOA from stuff Thursday and Friday this week I suspect I'll have most
>>> of the Core written (hotel rooms are lonely places ;))
>>>
>>> ~Dan
>>>
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