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Re: Parts Tracker Developers Wanted
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lugnet.cad.dev
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Wed, 2 May 2001 04:42:37 GMT
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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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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'.
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> Once you've seen what You can grab a tar'ed copy of Dan's work at
> <http://www.peeron.com/tmp/>.
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> 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.
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> Dan mentioned that he is unable to provide server space or access.
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> 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.
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> If you want to help with this, great! Take a look, post reaction, ask
> questions.
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> 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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| (...) 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 (...) (24 years ago, 2-May-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| 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, (...) (24 years ago, 1-May-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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