Re: OpenBSD todo list?
On 4/11/06, Ted Unangst [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: rewrite units. it can convert euros to dollars at an awesome rate of 94 cents per euro, but can't convert temperature. What's worse is it *does* recognize 'degF' and 'degC' units, but the conversion between them only does the multiply/divide by 9/5, but not the add/subtract 32 part, so it gives incorrect results. While this inability is mentioned in the man page, it would be better to not include 'degF' at all than to have it be incorrect. Most equations would use SI units anyway, right? (When I first discovered the degF/degC units grep'ing through the units library, my first thought was that the man page was outdated and it did handle them now; unfortunately that is not the case.) Similarly, currencies fluctuate enough to not be worth including. Unfortunately, this limitation of multiplicative scales only most likely runs rather deep, and would probably require a large amount of work to fix. -Andrew
Re: OpenBSD todo list?
On 4/16/06, Andrew Daugherity [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 4/11/06, Ted Unangst [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: rewrite units. it can convert euros to dollars at an awesome rate of 94 cents per euro, but can't convert temperature. What's worse is it *does* recognize 'degF' and 'degC' units, but the conversion between them only does the multiply/divide by 9/5, but not the add/subtract 32 part, so it gives incorrect results. While this inability is mentioned in the man page, it would be better to not include 'degF' at all than to have it be incorrect. Most equations would use SI units anyway, right? (When I first discovered the degF/degC units grep'ing through the units library, my first thought was that the man page was outdated and it did handle them now; unfortunately that is not the case.) Similarly, currencies fluctuate enough to not be worth including. Unfortunately, this limitation of multiplicative scales only most likely runs rather deep, and would probably require a large amount of work to fix. Why not just redesign the program then, and allow arbitrary conversions (eg additive, multiplicative, exponential)? As for money, a script could be written to pull data from somewhere and update the definitions. http://www.xe.com/dfs/ provides such a service, but for an extraordinary fee, but I've just found that http://www.imf.org provides any data you want for any of the 184 currencies they oversee for any date for free. This sounds like a fun project. If no one else wants it, I'll do it. -Nick
Re: OpenBSD todo list?
On 4/16/06, Nick Guenther [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 4/16/06, Andrew Daugherity [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've just found that http://www.imf.org provides any data you want for any of the 184 currencies they oversee for any date for free. Oh, I lied, it's only 52 countries. Still useful, but does anyone know of a more complete source? Where do exchange rates come from anyway? -Nick
Re: OpenBSD todo list?
On Tue, Apr 11, 2006 at 12:40:45AM -0401, Ray Lai wrote: On Mon, Apr 10, 2006 at 08:44:36PM -0700, Shawn Nock wrote: A quick search of the archive and google didn't turn anything up, so I'll ask here. Is there (if not could there be) a document that describes portions of the tree that particularly need attention? I am looking for a way to contribute and without a little direction the task seems daunting. The FreeBSD folks recently started maintaining such a todo list. It seems to have worked out fairly well for them. I realize that those in a position to put together such a list are also the ones not likely to have the time, but I believe this could prove useful (I assume there are more like me who are new and/or haven't found a comfort zone/focus yet). OpenRCS needs help. Diffs that implement missing functionality, diffs that match GNU RCS behavior in existing functions, and additional regression tests are all welcome. I look forward to your code. There was also an open request for help with m4, not too long ago, on [EMAIL PROTECTED] IIRC, Marc Espie would like traceback functionality. Not sure if someone is already working on it. Joachim
Re: OpenBSD todo list?
Christmas in April? ;) A couple requests I recall seeing (*cough* posting *cough*): - enable chroot-ed apps to dump core (this is an easy one) - enable openbsd to run as a para-virtualized Xen guest (this is more involved) Kent Shawn Nock wrote: A quick search of the archive and google didn't turn anything up, so I'll ask here. Is there (if not could there be) a document that describes portions of the tree that particularly need attention? I am looking for a way to contribute and without a little direction the task seems daunting. The FreeBSD folks recently started maintaining such a todo list. It seems to have worked out fairly well for them. I realize that those in a position to put together such a list are also the ones not likely to have the time, but I believe this could prove useful (I assume there are more like me who are new and/or haven't found a comfort zone/focus yet). Cheers, Shawn
Re: OpenBSD todo list?
On Tue, 2006-04-11 at 09:25:55 -0700, Kent Watsen proclaimed... Christmas in April? ;) A couple requests I recall seeing (*cough* posting *cough*): - enable chroot-ed apps to dump core (this is an easy one) - enable openbsd to run as a para-virtualized Xen guest (this is more involved) I see your two requests, and up you the following. IPv6 enabled syslogd(8)
Re: OpenBSD todo list?
On Mon, 10 Apr 2006, Shawn Nock wrote: A quick search of the archive and google didn't turn anything up, so I'll ask here. Is there (if not could there be) a document that describes portions of the tree that particularly need attention? I am looking for a way to contribute and without a little direction the task seems daunting. The FreeBSD folks recently started maintaining such a todo list. It seems to have worked out fairly well for them. I realize that those in a position to put together such a list are also the ones not likely to have the time, but I believe this could prove useful (I assume there are more like me who are new and/or haven't found a comfort zone/focus yet). The PR database is one possible starting point. -Otto
Re: OpenBSD todo list?
On 4/10/06, Shawn Nock [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A quick search of the archive and google didn't turn anything up, so I'll ask here. rewrite units. it can convert euros to dollars at an awesome rate of 94 cents per euro, but can't convert temperature. Is there (if not could there be) a document that describes portions of the tree that particularly need attention? I am looking for a way to contribute and without a little direction the task seems daunting. The FreeBSD folks recently started maintaining such a todo list. It seems to have worked out fairly well for them. I realize that those in a position to put together such a list are also the ones not likely to have the time, but I believe this could prove useful (I assume there are more like me who are new and/or haven't found a comfort zone/focus yet). Cheers, Shawn -- Shawn Nock (OpenPGP: 0xEF9B08E7) Broadcast Engineer; KUAT Communications Group University of Arizona nock 'at ' arizona 'dot' edu
Re: OpenBSD todo list?
On Mon, 2006-04-10 at 20:44:36 -0700, Shawn Nock proclaimed... A quick search of the archive and google didn't turn anything up, so I'll ask here. r'ut r'oh, you must be new here... don your flame suit, gay apparel!
Re: OpenBSD todo list?
On Mon, Apr 10, 2006 at 08:44:36PM -0700, Shawn Nock wrote: A quick search of the archive and google didn't turn anything up, so I'll ask here. Is there (if not could there be) a document that describes portions of the tree that particularly need attention? I am looking for a way to contribute and without a little direction the task seems daunting. The FreeBSD folks recently started maintaining such a todo list. It seems to have worked out fairly well for them. I realize that those in a position to put together such a list are also the ones not likely to have the time, but I believe this could prove useful (I assume there are more like me who are new and/or haven't found a comfort zone/focus yet). OpenRCS needs help. Diffs that implement missing functionality, diffs that match GNU RCS behavior in existing functions, and additional regression tests are all welcome. I look forward to your code. -Ray-
