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In lugnet.cad.dev, Steve Bliss writes:
> Well, sort of. Here's more of the story:
>
> I asked Dan Boger if he could help with developing the new automated Parts
> Tracker. He's been working on it, as he's had time, for awhile now.
> Unfortunately, he doesn't really have any time to put into it, real life
> seems to be interfering.
>
> He plans to continue working on the PT, when he can. But in the meantime,
> he has posted what he's done so far, so other people can grab it, and take
> it from where it is.
>
> Once upon a time, I put together (in Visual Basic) a prototype for the PT.
> You can grab a copy of this, or at least look at the various pages, at
> <http://www.geocities.com/partsref/tracker/>. There wasn't much feedback
> on the prototype, which means one of three things: (a) nobody looked at
> it, (b) nobody understood it, (c) it's practically perfect in every way.
>
> Some aspects of the design are pretty vague in the prototype. One example
> of 'vague' is the update generator, the function that moves new parts from
> 'active' to 'official'.
>
> Once you've seen what You can grab a tar'ed copy of Dan's work at
> <http://www.peeron.com/tmp/>.
>
> I have not yet looked at Dan's stuff, so I can't make many insightful
> comments. I believe it's all in Perl, intended to run under Linux.
>
> Dan mentioned that he is unable to provide server space or access.
>
> He also mentioned in an email:
> . I do think it's close to a point of a public beta -
> . the only part still missing (and I may work on that
> . tonight), is the part certification... and that shouldn't
> . be terribly hard to do... the user interface/setup/modification
> . should work now... of course, it all needs tons of testing.
>
> If you want to help with this, great! Take a look, post reaction, ask
> questions.
>
> Steve
Email me with some things that need to be done and I let you know what I can do.
Paul
(I have been busy updating some of the parts I have receintly "finished"
also currently reworking the aquazone propellor)
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In lugnet.cad.dev, Paul Easter writes:
> In lugnet.cad.dev, Steve Bliss writes:
> > Parts Tracker Developers Wanted
> Email me with some things that need to be done and I let you know what I
> can do.
Right now, it's a monolithic project; there hasn't been any segmentation of
tasks. That's mostly my fault; I haven't reviewed the progress Dan has
made, so I can't say where there's a need for work. It's also an artifact
of not having a good design document. :(
Steve
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