[gentoo-soc] Fwd: Status Report

[Andrey Falko]

Forwarding upon the request of Grant.

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From: Andrey Falko <afalko@×××××.com>
Date: Jun 27, 2007 1:24 AM
Subject: Info. and Milestone
To: spb@g.o, Christel Dahlskjaer <christel@g.o>


Hi Christel and Stephen,

This is just an fyi and pseudo progress report. It turned out to be a
lot longer than I anticipated, so don't feel obligated to read all or
much of it. It was more of an exercise on my part to get re-focused.

I have been coding the interface and backend, but have diverted
somewhat from the orginal schedule:

Before:
May 14 - 25: Draw up of initial design with minimal set of features +
preliminary implementation the design, including basic backend.
May 28 - June 8: Create test plan and test the interface on friends
and willing people on the forums.
June 11 - June 29: Modify interface in response to feedback and
solidify the code.
July 2 - July 6: Do a final usability test on the interface and make
modifications.
July 9 - July 27: Add features that are were not added yet, and
possibly open the interface up to Gentoo community (perhaps this is
the time when I will think hard about how best to open it up to the
community)
August 6 onward: Maintain and moderate the interface application. If
time permits, create a command-line interface or GUI interface.

Now:
May 14 - June 26: Created backend and web interface using one database
system. Tested interface on a friend and had a lot of work to do after
that. Brewed up a horde of features I though it should have and
implemented all of them except "advanced search".

Work that remains to be done:
1) Evaluate the usability of the interface. Fix the usability problems.
2) Make the thing installable (i.e. creating an ebuld, makefiles, etc.).
3) Make the interface look nice.
4) Getting it working on mysql again (I started using sqlite because
my mysql broke :().
5) Getting it publicized / on the Gentoo web space somewhere. Includes
guiding it initially and moderating it.

Optional work that remains to be done:
6) Removing some dependencies such as Untaint and Taint modules. Which
means that I will have to create an untainting system for the
interface.
7) Getting it working on postgresql database and other databases
(choice is always good).
8) Creating command-line client and extending the daemon to support it.

Here is a revised time line:
June 26 - June 29: Write usability test and post it on the forums and
direct irc people to check out the post.
June 30 - July 28: Collect feedback from usability test and make
appropriate changes. This will hopefully give me some insight into how
to make the interface aesthetically pleasing.
July 29 - August 4: Make it installable, which means release a beta
version or something like it. Test its "installable-ness".
August 5 - September 3: Get cranking on figuring out how the interface
will work on Gentoo web space (first, ask if the interface + backend
is worthy of becoming a part of Gentoo). If necessary, get it working
with mysql again or what ever database the Gentoo web space likes.

The revised time line will change depending on how much feedback in receive.


Here is a list of links and stuff for your (and my) convenience:

https://afalko.homelinux.net (News about any "releases" or major
milestones of the project.)
https://afalko.homelinux.net/tskdemo (The web interface in its latest form.)
https://afalko.homelinux.net/bugs/buglist.cgi?query_format=specific&order=relevance+desc&bug_status=__open__&product=Tsk&content=
(The listing of open bugs and work stuff that I am working on for the
project.)
https://afalko.homelinux.net/svn/viewvc.cgi/ (View the code via the web.)

SVN checkout commands:
svn co svn://anon@××××××××××××××××.net/web tsk/web (This fetches the
web interface).
svn co svn://anon@××××××××××××××××.net/bin tsk/bin (This fetches the backend).

Best regards,
Andrey Falko
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