[Takeaction-devel] Re: Takeaction-devel digest, Vol 1 #28 - 1 msg

[Mike G. <mi...@op...>]

Howdy folks,

Justin Wrote:
> The time is finally here: the climax of the project!

Excellent!

> I`ll let you know quickly what`s going on on our end. We basically submerged 
> ourselves in project work these past couple months and developed the Design 
> Document, online User Help Documentation, and a good, stable working version 
> of the system. The system is minimal in its current state, and the 
> interfaces need more development, but we had to meet a "code freeze" 
> deadline last Sunday. We will be demonstrating the system to our advisors 
> tommorrow, after which the freeze will be lifted, and development will 
> continue.

Ok..  I knew this was coming up, but didn't realize that it was so far
along.  Is it possible to see your working version?

> You`ll be happy to know that with a change in professors this term, we can 
> now submit the documentation in OpenOffice format! And there won`t be any 
> problems with a digital signature either, so we don`t have to deal with that 
> faxing nonesense. :P 

Excellent.

> You can download the design document from my personal 
> server at: http://supaju.com/Design_document_v2.sxw . Please note that this 
> is due to the academic department by Wednesday, November 5, so please review 
> and sign before then (by Tuesday, if possible). 

How has it changed since April 11th?  

Like the new diagrams.

Which version of Back-End have you been using?

> Also, please note that the 
> design document is rather simple, and probably not industry-standard in many 
> ways, but we had to appease many requests from the advisors again. The code 
> is more detailed than the Design Document makes it out to be.

Ok.  This is good to know.

> Officially, our project ends at the final presentation on November 20. We 
> still plan to continue working on the system to fix the bugs and 
> requirements we missed last Sunday, and improve the interfaces, so we won`t 
> deliver the final system at least until that date.

Can you put up a tarball on SF?  The CVS probably would have been useful
to watch your development process.

> I hope everything is going well on your end,

Busy, about to release a 7.0.1 release of Back-End.  Have cleaned up a
bunch of code within it.

Mike
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