0.9.9e/doc/Status.txt

Current status of the Malete engine.


The
>       DownLoad        0.9.9.e
version is considered the first release candidate for the proposed 1.0 release.


*       what 1.0 contains

-       malete server
        communicating over TCP or UNIX sockets as described in the
>       Protocol
-       multi process server option
        (on systems with working fork and fcntl, i.e. not on windows)
-       search expressions
        and a single '?' to retrieve record contents as described in the
>       Query   query spec
-       sample client interface
        in PHP and possibly other languages
-       conversion tools
>       CmdLine from and to
        traditional CDS/ISIS, IIF (ISO 2709) and plaintext
-       stable small file formats as
>       FileFormats     specified
        (32 bit file access using 8 byte pointers) 
-       collation support
        is working as specified in
>       CharSet character set support

*       what 1.0 does not contain

(at least not officially)
-       protocol features marked as optional extensions
-       record filtering
        since that is rarely used and can be done at application level
-       large files and key compression
-       any promise on the C API
        (it IS going to change)
-       the Malete object model
        definitively needs some more tweaking before being ready for prime time

*       what is still TO DO

-       de/serializing of records to/from files accessed in a stream like fashion
        needs to be debugged, unified and heavily tested.
        The concept of a sink probably needs to be straightened out.
-       the single process server should do proper session switching.
        Every session should have a separate input buffer.
        On the other hand, we may also dump single process completely.
-       both single process and multi process server need heavy testing


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        $Id: Status.txt,v 1.3 2004/11/12 11:18:23 kripke Exp $
1	dpavlin	604	Current status of the Malete engine.
2
3
4			The
5			> DownLoad 0.9.9.e
6			version is considered the first release candidate for the proposed 1.0 release.
7
8
9			* what 1.0 contains
10
11			- malete server
12			communicating over TCP or UNIX sockets as described in the
13			> Protocol
14			- multi process server option
15			(on systems with working fork and fcntl, i.e. not on windows)
16			- search expressions
17			and a single '?' to retrieve record contents as described in the
18			> Query query spec
19			- sample client interface
20			in PHP and possibly other languages
21			- conversion tools
22			> CmdLine from and to
23			traditional CDS/ISIS, IIF (ISO 2709) and plaintext
24			- stable small file formats as
25			> FileFormats specified
26			(32 bit file access using 8 byte pointers)
27			- collation support
28			is working as specified in
29			> CharSet character set support
30
31			* what 1.0 does not contain
32
33			(at least not officially)
34			- protocol features marked as optional extensions
35			- record filtering
36			since that is rarely used and can be done at application level
37			- large files and key compression
38			- any promise on the C API
39			(it IS going to change)
40			- the Malete object model
41			definitively needs some more tweaking before being ready for prime time
42
43			* what is still TO DO
44
45			- de/serializing of records to/from files accessed in a stream like fashion
46			needs to be debugged, unified and heavily tested.
47			The concept of a sink probably needs to be straightened out.
48			- the single process server should do proper session switching.
49			Every session should have a separate input buffer.
50			On the other hand, we may also dump single process completely.
51			- both single process and multi process server need heavy testing
52
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55			$Id: Status.txt,v 1.3 2004/11/12 11:18:23 kripke Exp $