Hi all,
in the last months, many minor glitches showed-up, and while I'm still
happy to fix every minor bug reported by users, I'd surely appreciate
any kind of help. Consider also that major improvements, like the
recent introduction of the Company class, surely introduce enough
bugs to fix for me. :-)
As you can see I run my test-suite (it's quite a manual process,
being the IMDb's data always changing) only from time to time, and so
a lot of errors are firstly reported by users (not to mention the
fact that I only use IMDbPY under a certain environment, and many
features are _never_ tested by my normal use: as an example, I never
run it using SQLite).
If anyone is interested in keeping tested (and in the improvement)
of a small portion of code/features, I'd be very glad.
I can think of some separation:
- only the "http" data access system: a lot of minor changes to
parser, and a good test-suite is required to keep up-to-date
with the imdb.com layout.
- only the "http" searches (as above, but more limited in scope).
- only the "sql" data access system: fixing minor bugs, improvements
in speed and disc space usage. Oh, the switch from SQLObject to
SQLAlchemy seems to be a popular improvement between users...
- advanced queries for "sql" would be cool.
- using the diff files distributed weekly by imdb.com would be
even more cool, but I think it's a _really_ difficult task.
- the imdbpyweb program can be improved: the actual code is a bit
of a mess.
- I still have this recurring wet dream of a fully working Symbian GUI;
see:
http://imdbpy.sourceforge.net/?page=mobile
- generic code clean-up: many portions were poorly written and
never fixed.
- writing test-suites: there is a great requirement of test-suites,
and everyone interested in writing some good tests is welcome!
So if you are interested in joining the IMDbPY's development,
let me know!
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Davide Alberani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [PGP KeyID: 0x465BFD47]
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