This list should be transfered to the ticket system which would make a lot more transparent and easier to work with.
Place to make a list of things that need correcting before v2.0 ships.
Fixed bugs should be moved to VersionTwentyThreeCleanupDone.
Problems
In the Windows version, if forking is enabled then POPFile 0.23.0(CVS) will crash when trying to access a mail server. (In the Windows versions of 0.22.x, if forking is enabled then POPFile will crash when trying to use SSL to access a mail server)
Did we solve the Windows shutdown problems. See
post. There were two likely related problems. PF fails to exit when Windows shutsdown requiring forced exit. The other is when using PF in the console it does not shutdown correctly when the console is closed, it dies immediatly. Sounds like it is not catching the shutdown signal. I have not checked to see if it is still doing this. Last posts I found on the topic were not long before 0.22.2 was released.
Using the Windows version with trayicon If a default skin template is missing PF will freeze with the message
HTML::Template→new() : Cannot open included file common-bottom.thtml : file not found. at C:/Program Files/POPFile22rep/lib/
HTML/Template.pm line 2223. PF should die or do something other than freeze it was really wierd to figure out. Maybe we should have an internal Error page for cases when something prevents the pages from working.
Delete Speedup introduced in History.pm v1.41 does not work on Win98SE.
Test TODOs
Multi-user features
Copy magnets when cloning user?
Copy corpus data when cloning user (optional)
Do not copy administrator flag (GLOBAL_can_admin) when cloning user? (optional)
Test suite
Tests need to be updated for dynamic module loading (passing of POPFile::Loader via Module→loader()).
Tests need updating for new error/status UI interface (in progress: sschinke)
Tests for SSL and Socks would be a good idea.
Other
The popfile.exe, popfileb.exe, popfilef.exe, popfileib.exe, popfileif.exe and popfile-service.exe programs need to be rebuilt (the current 'hacking' versions of popfile.exe, popfileb.exe and popfilef.exe do not work with the current CVS version)
Simply adding the extra Perl files would make the installer about 600 KB bigger than the 0.22.2 one (i.e. just under 13% bigger) - the problem is not Crypt::Random, it is Math::Pari (which the tiny Crypt::Random uses). However the Windows installer size has not increased because the old out-of-date manual is no longer included (the current CVS installer is about 500 KB smaller than that for 0.22.2 but it may not stay this size for long!).
UI Stuff
These are things that mainly concern the UI. Much of what is left needs Perl developer attention since it can't be fixed only with templates. Some of these are minor visual things that don't prevent POPFile from working, but as we come closer to 1.0 we need the best quality UI we can come up with. A bunch of minor visual bugs can lead new users and reviewers to see the project as low quality.
(22Cleanup) Undo does not display a “Changed to ___” classification or any type of message. We had a “confirmation” message in 0.21. Its not absolutly necessary since the UI does show the change, but it would be nice for the user to see that the undo happened.
(22Cleanup) There appear to be an odd character (probably tab or newline) between some of the addresses in the To and CC title hover when there are many addresses. It is not on all addresses. Its not just one odd email client. There must be some way for Perl to strip tabs. It displays worst in Mozilla browsers. See
example.
(22Cleanup) Magnet title (hover text) text should display magnet type like “Subject: sourceforge” instead of just magnet text “sourceforge”.
(22Cleanup) The skins dropdown will display any file that is in the skins directory as a skin. For most users its not going to be a problem at all, but it should only show directories (if possible). I just happen to have been using it for temporary skin files and noticed.
Config options on Administration and Users page should change to checkbox options instead of the confusing YES/NO buttons.
Add magnet warning text as discussed in UI forum - mostly done, just finalize placement. So far I am not really happy with the look of the one on the Magnets page. It just doesn't seem to fit with the rest of the page. We already have a lot of other text there so it seems odd that this text is different.
Need to finish adding tooltips (menu, history, bucket, magnet, configbar, and footer are done).
Test handheld and print stylesheets. Decide if they should be included in 0.23.
database_sqlite_tweaks is still shown as a “meaningless” number (I thought hex was going to be used to make it easier to see which flags are set)
Change style for tabs in default skin to make them less spread out in multiuser mode. 3 tabs spread out across the entire screen is strange.
Probably Later
Required Documentation Changes
0.23 will need additional perl modules: Digest::SHA, Crypt::Random, Crypt::CBC, Crypt::Blowfish, Class::Loader, Math::Pari, Image::Info, Crypt::
OpenSSL::Random
When using
ActivePerl's PPM, Class::Loader and Math::Pari may already get installed when installing Crypt::Random.
Installing the Perl modules again on another computer I ran into more trouble. I could not install Crypt::Blowfish because its not in the repository. According to AS they legally can't distribute it and a bunch of other encrpytion stuff including Crypt::SSLeay. To get them you need to use a different repository.
The instructions on the SSL page to do the same for SSL seem outdated. Don't we now include the SSL installer in the zip (Yes, we do. The SSL installer functions will be incorporated into the Windows installer for 0.23.0.) And the instructions for installing from a different repository are for Perl 5.6, they don't work on Perl 5.8. The same applies to getting Crypt::Blowfish:
For Perl 5.8 PPM:
For Perl 5.6 PPM:
To permanantly add another repository (on Perl 5.8) you can use:
Setting up Perl and PF on yet another computer, I have found things have changed since this section was last updated. With the AS repository, I cannot find Crypt::Random at all anymore.
Release notes “BACK UP YOUR OLD INSTALLATION” section needs to include backing up of user directory. See https://sourceforge.net/forum/message.php?msg_id=3197219