HI Robbie, Thanks for the update and all your work on the UI. On the bugs vs docs question, I'd def put the bugs on the list first :-)
Thanks, Marnie On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 4:36 PM, Robbie Gemmell <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi everyone, > > Yesterday marked the first 'pencils down' date in the GSoC timeline, > after which it is suggested we "Take a week to scrub code, write > tests, improve documentation, etc." in the run up to the final > 'pencils down' on August 17th 19:00 UTC. > > I have cataloged my progress in terms of JIRA's here: > http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/qpid/Robbie+Gemmell > > Everything originally intended for the new UI is in place and > considered complete, along with some extra additions and improvements > suggested in the last couple weeks. One remaining suggested feature > (reloading the Log4J logging configuration via JMX on request) is > still being worked on. The actual addition of a JMX reload function is > tiny and straightforward, I am actually really working on the general > robustness of the Log4J configuration process at broker startup, > reload on request, and reload using Log4J's XMLWatchDog to monitor the > XML file for changes. > > I still need to create new documentation for the console to reflect > the updated UI, which has obviously rendered the existing user and > testing guides even more out of date than they were. That is what I > envisaged doing with my time before Monday, however I have also > discovered issues with the way the broker saves the user password and > management rights files. Its probable I wont get all of the above > issues completed fully by the GSoC deadline, but I will be continuing > to polish everything off before the 0.6 release, which allows plenty > of time. Is there a preference whether i should bias my attention > towards the bugs or the documentation at this stage? Given that the UI > is effectively complete and that was the purpose of the GSoC project, > I should perhaps use the remaining GSoC time to do the > documentation...but the bugs uncovered are fairly serious. Thoughts? > > Robbie > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Apache Qpid - AMQP Messaging Implementation > Project: http://qpid.apache.org > Use/Interact: mailto:[email protected] > >
