Re: Online help - status update

[Pat Costello <Patrick Costello Sun COM>]

The Lampadas demo is very impressive. Will the first implementation for GNOME be 
the real thing? Or are we just doing a test run? When can we start using 
Lampadas? 

Pat

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> On Wednesday 04 September 2002 20:18, Eric Baudais wrote:
> > It seems pretty easy to setup.  The only thing which could possibly go
> > wrong is the interaction with mysql instead of postgres.  I don't think
> > it will be an issue though.  If David thinks it is ready David and Greg
> > need to get together.  Once Lampadas is running I'll be willing to
> > start entering the documentation into the system and adding users.
> 
> Sounds good.
> 
> Lampadas is not ready for production, really, not as a whole. But it is to 
> the state where I really need it to be in use in order to identify the 
> remaining problems. I don't expect it to eat data, but I expect you will 
> have complaints/suggestions on how to improve it.
> 
> If and when those changes require database changes, we'll have to 
> export/reimport the data, which will be a bit of a bother but not a 
> serious issue.
> 
> FYI, I have a script that parses through all .omf files in the CVS tree 
> and populates the database as it is able. That might be helpful to you, 
> and save you some typing.
> 
> The biggest current issue in Lampadas is that I have a lot of trouble 
> generating outputs for the source files. One reason I suggest going ahead 
> with the installation is because I can work on that part of the system 
> using your real data (without any risk to the rest of the system).
> 
> Another issue is that the translation management interface is pretty weak. 
> I hope to get your help in making it better -- not code, just advice.
> 
> Enough rambling. I'm ready to go and looking forward to seeing this beast 
> at Gnome! Woo Hoo!
> 
> > On Wed, 2002-09-04 at 09:20, John Fleck wrote:
> > > On Wed, 2002-09-04 at 07:34, David Merrill wrote:
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> > > > On Tuesday 03 September 2002 22:46, John Fleck wrote:
> > > > > Irene -
> > > > > Thanks again for all the docs.
> > > > > I'm assuming all this was to HEAD, correct? Or was some of it for
> > > > > the 2.0.x branches. What of this will be in the 2.0.2 release?
> > > > > (Keeping track of what's on HEAD and what's in the release branch
> > > > > makes my head hurt. :-)
> > > >
> > > > If you guys can give me a server to put it on, I have Lampadas to
> > > > the point where it would be helpful with this sort of thing. While
> > > > there are portions that are not yet ready for prime time, the
> > > > meta-data management is to the point where it would very beneficial
> > > > to me to get you guys using that part of it, so you can tell me
> > > > where it is still falling short. And I think it is already
> > > > functional enough to be of use to you in tracking stuff.
> > >
> > > Greg, Eric -
> > >
> > > What is the status of this process? We need someone with sysadmin
> > > privileges (Greg?) and someone with Lampadas energy (Eric?) to get
> > > this moving.
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > John
> > > --
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