[geeklog-modules] Returning entries for the Admin menu

[Tom Willett]

Well we are most of the way there already,  when I modified staticpages to 
go with 1.3.6, I took the newest index.php from cvs at the time and merged 
them for exactly the reasons you state.  I will see if I can put together a 
version (without the search) and with permissions and php.  Don't get 
excited about it happening soon though -- I have a lot to do in the next few 
weeks and am putting in as much overtime as my old body can stand.  Oh well -
- work means money.

Tom

On Mon, 30 Dec 2002 17:04:24 -0600 (CST), Tony Bibbs wrote
> Actually, unless you object Dirk, maybe it would be easier just to give 
> Tom CVS access.  I've seen enough of his code to feel comfortable with 
> that if you do.
> 
> Tom, Dirk has a point on the version used.  One big problem was for a long 
> time the CVS version didn't use the $_TABLES[] stuff which made for 
> support problems (it has since been fixed).  I believe the CVS version is 
> ready for your additions to be merged now if you want to do it.
> 
> Having these changes in will help tremendously, thanks for working 
> together on this.
> 
> --Tony
> 
> On Mon, 30 Dec 2002, Dirk Haun wrote:
> 
> > Tom Willett <tomw at pigstye.net> wrote:
> > 
> > >Fine with me -- the two major functionallities that I see used are the 
> > >ability to use php and being privs aware.
> > 
> > Yep, I really would like to see the permissions added to static pages.
> > Personally, I don't need the PHP support, but since many people seem to
> > ask for that, why not.
> > 
> > 
> > >I am not sure the expanded search is ever used
> > 
> > I didn't even know there was such a thing in your version ;-)
> > 
> > 
> > >Tell me what you would like for me to do along these lines and I will 
do 
> > >it.  Or you can just raid the cvs and incorporate what you want.
> > 
> > My main concern is that there are some subtle differences between the two
> > versions (or at least I assume there are). I don't remember the exact
> > circumstances, but when Phill announced that he was going to extend the
> > plugin to support PHP, I asked him to use not the version from the
> > Geeklog version that was out back then, but use the version from CVS
> > instead. Unfortunately, he didn't do that and at least his versions have
> > always had some minor differences since then. Things like valid HTML and
> > the ability to wrap static pages in a block.
> > 
> > That's what held me back from just grabbing the extended version and
> > throwing it into CVS. I've always wanted to merge the two versions again
> > but never found the time (and doubt that I will now).
> > 
> > So if you're into painstakingly comparing the two versions line by line
> > to figure out what those differences are (if any), then please feel free
> > to do so ;-) Looking at the CVS history of the files should give you an
> > idea of what I'm talking about.
> > 
> > Then there's the issue of the install script. We need to extend Geeklog's
> > install script to safely(!) upgrade from any version of the plugin that
> > the user may have installed. I've come across reports where the upgrade
> > process failed for the extended version and the plugin was reported as
> > being "locked" because of that. Apparently, people had some problems
> > recovering from that state. It must be avoided that this happens when
> > people run Geeklog's install script.
> > 
> > To summarize: I want the permissions, I would accept the PHP support, and
> > I don't care about the extended search. If you think you can provide us
> > with a version that has these and still has the changes that were made in
> > the original plugin, then please do that. We would happily accept such a
> > version as the new official version and ship it with Geeklog.
> > 
> > Of course, I would be available for any help you would need with this
> > (especially, I assume, with the install script).
> > 
> > bye, Dirk
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
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Tom Willett
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