Date: Wed, 22 Sep 1999 17:08:07 +0300 (EEST) From: Henri Bergius <Henri.Bergius@iki.fi> Subject: MWS for 22nd of September, 1999 (#17) To: midgard@greywolves.org, lwn@lwn.net, chris@linuxdev.net, deb@linuxchix.org Greetings! Not surprisingly, there has been no lack of work this week either. Our documentation project got finally started and we've been working on the design for the next major version of Midgard, 1.4. Questions about large deployments have still been pouring in steadily, and if even a small amount of plans I've seen of late get realized our userbase will continue its growth nicely. ============================ ---------------------------- Current versions: Stable: 1.2.2 (Mad King) Devel.: 1.3 ---------------------------- ============================ Midgard function reference Thanks to Jukka Zitting's and Jean-Pierre Arneodo's work on it, the function reference is finally seeing progress. The topic area is pretty much ready, and Jukka will now start writing about the person and group functions. As suggested by Emile, Jukka has now promised to write reference for one function every day. With that steady pace, we'll see a complete function reference soon. The function reference is also the first part of the forthcoming Midgard Manual, which will be created in the DocBook format. We will keep the most current version available on Midgard's site: -> http://www.midgard-project.org/manual/ ---------------------------- Working on Midgard's documentation Now that the Midgard Manual project has started, there is a good chance to get involved with Midgard's documentation work. The manual will be written with the DocBook SGML mark-up language, and work coordinated through Midgard's CVS repository. However, knowledge of these tools will not be a necessity for participants in the project as we can easily convert material from other formats to DocBook. As no earlier documentation is available the authors ought to be able to either read Midgard's sources, or have the patience needed for searching for information from Midgard's mailing list archives and by asking developers. People interested in working on the project should contact Henri Bergius (Henri.Bergius@iki.fi) for more information. Some early plans for the contents of the manual were posted in MWS 13: -> http://www.midgard-project.org/article/1174.html ---------------------------- Update on Midgard Workshop As announced previously, the first Midgard Workshop will be held on Wednesday 13th October 1999 in Helsinki, Finland. There is still room for two or three participants, and people interested in participating should contact Henri Bergius (Henri.Bergius@iki.fi) for more information. Schedule for the Midgard Workshop is now available on Midgard's Web site: -> http://www.midgard-project.org/article/1211.html ---------------------------- Midgard 1.2.2 binaries As expected, the Red Hat 6.0 binaries for Midgard 1.2.2 released last Wednesday were available soon afterwards, thanks to our Red Hat packager Emile Heyns. Both the i386 binaries and Source RPMs are available on Midgard's binaries page: -> http://www.midgard-project.org/download/binaries/ ============================ ============================ About Midgard Midgard is a freely-available Web application development and publishing platform based on the popular PHP scripting language. It is an Open Source development project, giving you the freedom to create your solutions in an open environment. Midgard is the tool for creating, modifying and maintaining dynamic database-enabled web services. -> http://www.midgard-project.org ---------------------------- About MWS The Midgard Weekly Summary is a newsletter for the Midgard user and developer community. The MWS is currently being distributed in following mediums: -The Midgard Project's Web site -> http://www.midgard-project.org -Linux Weekly News -> http://www.lwn.net -Linux Developer's Network -> http://linuxdev.net -Open Source Writers Group -> http://www.thepuffingroup.com/oswg -Midgard mailing list If you would like to release it elsewhere, please contact Henri Bergius (Henri.Bergius@iki.fi). Previous issues of Midgard Weekly Summary can be found archived at the Midgard web site. -> http://www.midgard-project.org/topic/169.html ============================ -- -- Henri Bergius -- +358 40 525 1334 -- Henri.Bergius@iki.fi -- http://www.iki.fi/Henri.Bergius