r5990 - in trunk/gnue-appserver: . doc/technotes samples

[reinhard]

Author: reinhard
Date: 2004-07-20 08:13:23 -0500 (Tue, 20 Jul 2004)
New Revision: 5990

Modified:
   trunk/gnue-appserver/INSTALL
   trunk/gnue-appserver/INSTALL.cvs
   trunk/gnue-appserver/NEWS
   trunk/gnue-appserver/README
   trunk/gnue-appserver/doc/technotes/00000.txt
   trunk/gnue-appserver/samples/README
Log:
Documentation updates in preparation for release.


Modified: trunk/gnue-appserver/INSTALL
===================================================================
--- trunk/gnue-appserver/INSTALL        2004-07-20 13:11:44 UTC (rev 5989)
+++ trunk/gnue-appserver/INSTALL        2004-07-20 13:13:23 UTC (rev 5990)
@@ -17,9 +17,12 @@
 * at least one of the following database interfaces, depending on the database
   you want to use:
   - psycopg (preferred for PostgreSQL) [python-psycopg]
+  - pyPgSQL (also possible for PostgreSQL) [python-pgsql]
+  - pygresql (also possible for PostgreSQL) [python-pygresql]
   - popy (also possible for PostgreSQL) [python-popy]
-  - pygresql (also possible for PostgreSQL) [python-pygresql]
   - python-mysqldb (for MySQL)
+  - KInterbasDB (for Interbase/Firebird) [python-kinterbasdb]
+  - PySQLite (for SQLite) [python-sqlite]
   you can find more information about possible database backends in the file
   README.Databases, distributed with GNUe Common.
 
@@ -27,7 +30,7 @@
   - py-xmlrpc [python-xmlrpc]
   - Pythonware xmlrpc (included in Python starting with 2.2)
 
-* GNUe Common 0.5.0 or greater [gnue-common]
+* GNUe Common 0.5.6 or greater [gnue-common]
 
 To build the documentation, you need GNU Texinfo 4.0 or newer installed.
 
@@ -44,7 +47,7 @@
 Installation
 ------------
 
-* Make sure that you have write permission in the directory /usr/local and it's
+* Make sure that you have write permission in the directory /usr/local and its
   subdirectories.
 
 * From the shell prompt, change into the directory containing the file

Modified: trunk/gnue-appserver/INSTALL.cvs
===================================================================
--- trunk/gnue-appserver/INSTALL.cvs    2004-07-20 13:11:44 UTC (rev 5989)
+++ trunk/gnue-appserver/INSTALL.cvs    2004-07-20 13:13:23 UTC (rev 5990)
@@ -6,9 +6,7 @@
 a 'gacvs' (for the appserver) and a gcvs (for testing purposes) script for you.
 
 To set up the database for the samples, make sure that you have permission
-to create a new database, and run the appropriate setup-*.sh script from the
-samples directory. If the script for your favorite database is missing,
-you are welcome to contribute it :)
+to create a new database, and run setup-db.sh from the samples directory.
 
 
 Based on a simple example, there are three programs you can test.
@@ -24,8 +22,8 @@
 2. type "gcvs test.py"
 
 requires: * a connection.conf with a [gnue] entry
-          * database tables created with the "setup-*.sh" from the 
-            samples directory
+          * database tables created with "setup-db.sh" from the samples
+            directory
 
 
 b. RPC demo client
@@ -40,11 +38,13 @@
 3. do the test example by calling "gcvs testRPC.py"
 
 requires: * a connection.conf with a [gnue] entry
-          * database tables created with the "setup-*.sh" from the 
-            samples directory
-         * a least one working GNURPC protocol ( for the default GNURPC
-            protocol ("xmlrpc"), you have to install py-xmlrpc. If you
-            use debian woody, just call 'apt-get install python-xmlrpc')
+          * database tables created with "setup-db.sh" from the samples
+            directory
+         * a least one working GNURPC protocol (for the default GNURPC
+            protocol ("xmlrpc") with Python 2.1, you have to install py-xmlrpc.
+            If you use debian woody, just call 'apt-get install python-xmlrpc';
+            if you use Python 2.2 or later, you don't have to install something
+            special)
 
 
 c. GNUe Forms using sample.gfd
@@ -66,10 +66,12 @@
 6. Now you can change the sample data with GNUe Forms
 
 requires: * a connection.conf with a [gnue] entry
-          * database tables created with the "setup-*.sh" from the 
-            samples directory
-         * a least one working GNURPC protocol ( for the default GNURPC
-            protocol ("xmlrpc"), you have to install py-xmlrpc. If you
-            use debian woody, just call 'apt-get install python-xmlrpc')
+          * database tables created with "setup-db.sh" from the samples
+            directory
+         * a least one working GNURPC protocol (for the default GNURPC
+            protocol ("xmlrpc") with Python 2.1, you have to install py-xmlrpc.
+            If you use debian woody, just call 'apt-get install python-xmlrpc';
+            if you use Python 2.2 or later, you don't have to install something
+            special)
          * a [appserver] entry in your connections.conf file. For a sample
             entry have a look at sample.connection.conf

Modified: trunk/gnue-appserver/NEWS
===================================================================
--- trunk/gnue-appserver/NEWS   2004-07-20 13:11:44 UTC (rev 5989)
+++ trunk/gnue-appserver/NEWS   2004-07-20 13:13:23 UTC (rev 5990)
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+New features/changes in version 0.0.9: (2004-07-23)
+* gnue-gsdgen can now export arbitary data
+* gnue-gcd2sql can now directly act on a database connection
+* gnue-gcd2sql can now update existing schemas
+
 New features/changes in version 0.0.8: (2004-06-15)
 * Indirect properties
 * Calculated properties

Modified: trunk/gnue-appserver/README
===================================================================
--- trunk/gnue-appserver/README 2004-07-20 13:11:44 UTC (rev 5989)
+++ trunk/gnue-appserver/README 2004-07-20 13:13:23 UTC (rev 5990)
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@
 
 Warning
 -------
-The GNUe Appserver is still under heavy development and not ready to be used
-in production environments.  This is a preview release. Please refer to the
+The GNUe Appserver is still under development and not ready to be used in
+mission-critical environments.  This is a preview release. Please refer to the
 file named `NEWS' to see which version you are looking at here, and what has
 changed since earlier versions.
 

Modified: trunk/gnue-appserver/doc/technotes/00000.txt
===================================================================
--- trunk/gnue-appserver/doc/technotes/00000.txt        2004-07-20 13:11:44 UTC 
(rev 5989)
+++ trunk/gnue-appserver/doc/technotes/00000.txt        2004-07-20 13:13:23 UTC 
(rev 5990)
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 Revised: 2002-07-17
 
 This technote describes the format of technotes.  A technote should be in 
-plain text (ASCII) format. They should be numbered sequentialGly. 
+plain text (ASCII) format. They should be numbered sequentially. 
 
 The file consists of two sections, the header section and the text section.
 The header consists of line-delimited "field: value" pairs. Valid headers:
@@ -14,6 +14,6 @@
   Created: <Creation date in YYYY-MM-DD format>
   Revised: <Last revision date in YYYY-MM-DD format>
 
-The header section is terminated with the first non-blank line. 
+The header section is terminated with the first blank line. 
 
 

Modified: trunk/gnue-appserver/samples/README
===================================================================
--- trunk/gnue-appserver/samples/README 2004-07-20 13:11:44 UTC (rev 5989)
+++ trunk/gnue-appserver/samples/README 2004-07-20 13:13:23 UTC (rev 5990)
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
 If you have problems, you might want to try "gnue-appserver -Z --debug-level 9"
 to get debugging information.
 
-As soon as gnue-appserver runs, you can try to connect it.  If you have
+As soon as gnue-appserver runs, you can try to connect to it.  If you have
 gnue-forms installed, you can try running the "sample.gfd" form.  Basically,
 you can do this by changing into the "samples" directory and typing
 "gnue-forms sample.gfd".  Please refer to gnue-forms's documentation for more
@@ -72,12 +72,16 @@
 Apart from the basic "sample.gfd" you will find the following other samples in
 this directory:
 
-   classrepository.gfd
+  classrepository.gfd
 
-   This GNUe Forms Definition allows you to edit modules, classes, properties
-   and procedures in the Class Repository used by GNUe Appserver.
+    This GNUe Forms Definition allows you to edit modules, classes, properties
+    and procedures in the Class Repository used by GNUe Appserver.
 
-   In default setup, only the user "hacker" has the permission to access the
-   Class Repository.
+    In default setup, only the user "hacker" has the permission to access the
+    Class Repository.
 
-   (more samples to follow, please contribute)
+  gnue_useraccess.gfd
+
+    This form allows you to edit users and the classes they have access to.
+
+  (more samples to follow, please contribute)