pcplantdb

[Chad Knepp <pyg@galatea.org>]

Ok folks, here it is.  This is a MAJOR release so expect it to be very
buggy.  0.2.4 was 3048 lines, 0.3.0 is 5222 with a lot of changes to
the database as well to support the implementation of features.

Major important changes:

  o Can add top level plant botanical name aka 'add new plant'.  This
    currently can't be edited or deleted because doing so would
    violate the integrity of all the attached information.

  o Add/edit/delete common names.

  o Add/edit/delete uses.

  o Add/edit/delete descriptions, including display of multiple
    descriptions.

  o Add/edit/delete cultivars and attach comments to cultivars.
    Cultivars are first class objects now.

  o Edit user info and attach comments to users.  Users are first
    class objects now.
  
  o Saved state.  After performing add/edit/deletes/login/logouts you
    should return to the place in PIW that you were / that makes
    sense.

  o Advanced search in pull down Bear magic menu.

  o XML-RPC implemented and working over cgi.  Something like:

#!/usr/bin/python
import xmlrpclib
server = 
xmlrpclib.ServerProxy("http://dev.permaculture.info/cgi-bin/eden_xml-rpc.py";)
print server.GetComment(8000)

...will print out the edible uses comment for Actinidia longicauda. 

Todo:

  o Implement add/edit/delete uses definitions

  o Implement add/edit/delete botanical synonyms

  o Implement relationships.

  o Implement locales.

  o Mix well and serve.

Know bugs:

  o Clunky user interface.  Open to suggestions on how to make things
    work better here.  Non-obvious icons, etc.  Bear, we need you.

  o General uglyness from putting different parts of Bears new stuff
    together.  Reports don't match search results.

  o Inconsistencies in some forms (headers mostly)


How to help:

I'm effectively going to be gone the 11th - 20th but for the next
three days I can squeeze in some serious bug squashing if folks will
beat up on this release for me.  Create an account and then try and do
stuff.  DO NOT add a new botanical name unless you are adding a real
plant that is missing.  Other than that you can delete anything you
create so it's ok to just bang on the keyboard for data so long as you
go back and delete it.  Alternately feel free to add real/actual data,
there is no reason that this stuff can't stay that I can see ATM.  Let
me know how it goes.  Ideally I'd like to release a bug fix release
before the 11th.

Note to Bear: Feel free to edit all the good stuff in dev/ (esp. .css
.js *php, dev/images/*, etc.) and remember you can also edit
dev/cgi-bin/Eden/client/*html (head.html, tail.html, and search.html)
which are the static html chunks that get wrapped around (search.html
is the advanced search form) the output.  Make sure you tell me if you
do so I don't clobber your changes with a new release.  

Cheers,
Chad

-- 
Chad Knepp
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