Whimsy Project TODOs

The Apache Whimsy project is maintained by volunteers, and includes both the core server and ASF:: libraries, as well as many individual applications. Patches are welcome - as is reporting bugs or asking questions.

This TODO :pencil: list is used by various committers for tasks, improvements, and crazy ideas alike. Comments appreciated.

Core Improvements :round_pushpin:

• [ ] Share common code for places where we jump thru hoops or regexes to account for historical or file formats or odd PMC names.

  • tools/collate_minutes.rb - maps PMC names displayed in board reports like concom
  • lib/whimsy/asf/committee.rb - maps PMC names within Committee @@aliases
  • lib/whimsy/asf/site.rb - maps URLs for groups within Site @@default
  • lib/whimsy/asf/mail.rb - maps mail list names within Committee.mail_list
  • lib/whimsy/asf/podlings.rb - maps mail list names within *_mail_list

• [ ] Improve code sharing between www/roster and www/board with lib/whimsy, as above regexes, and improving themes.rb use

• [ ] Higher level documentation of various lib/whimsy/asf modules, so that they and their associated output public/*.json files can be better used across whimsy and other tools.

Crazy Ideas :tada:

• [ ] Create templates for new applications and normalize behaviors of existing applications to make a more consistent user experience.

Done :checkered_flag:

• [x] Define core ASF style & header information in the model and implement in various applications. lib/whimsy/asf/themes.rb

• [x] Improve error handling in appropriate scripts to provide friendly user-visible cues on completion or stacktrace. Best practice to use _body? in scripts and do complex operations inside that block: then wunderbar will emit header and formatted error message for user.

• [x] Implement custom server error messages. (done for /www browse and roster tool)

• [x] Show flow of data generated or consumed, tying back to the Role/Group that maintains it. www/test/dataflow.cgi

• [x] Implement directory level index functionality to display a list of other available (and publishable) scripts there. Scan curdir; forall *.cgi where second line includes WVisible, display name/link. Using a positive comment ensures only scripts wishing to be displayed are visible. Effectively done as much is valuable: www/committers/tools