-Louis Suarez-Potts
Last updated 2001 November 19
The OpenOffice.org infrastructure was upgraded Monday to SourceCast 1.1.1 from SourceCast 1.08. The upgrade fixes several minor issues and adds some functionality, but the emphasis has been on improving the user interface. SourceCast has now also been proved against Mozilla and Konqueror as well as Netscape and Internet Explorer for both Mac OS (9.x and X) and Windows.
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SourceCast has been tested against the following browser environments:
- Windows 98 SE, NT 4.0 and 2000
- Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 4.0, 5.0 and 5.5
- Netscape Communicator versions 4.77, 6.01 and 6.1
- RedHat Linux 6.2 and 7.1
- Netscape Communicator versions 4.72, 4.76 and 6.1
- Mozilla versions 0.7 and 0.92
- Konqueror version 2.1.1
- MacOS 9.1 and X
- Microsoft Internet Explorer version 5.x
- Netscape Communicator versions 4.77 and 6.01
SourceCast supports the following CVS GUI environment clients:
- Windows NT 4.0 and 2000
- GNU WinCVS 1.2
- Mac OS 9.1 and X
- GNU MacCVS
CVS version update
- SourceCast uses the most current version of CVS (version 1.11p1) as a base.
- A new CVS internal communication protocol was implemented that modifies internal error handling.
- CVS path statements were modified to provide only short-form repository paths (/cvs).
- Users parsing through history files are checked for valid access permissions.
- The SourceCast permissions model has been extended to cover module listings revealed when the CVs co -c command is used.
CVSWeb
- CVSWeb has been fixed to work with Perl v5.60
- CVSWeb now processes diffs using updated path statements providing access to enhanced functionality.
- A database connection failure handler was implemented, removing any errors received while browsing.
Issue Tracking
- SourceCast Issue Tracking (IssueZilla) allows access to remote databases by adding the current database to the IssueZilla list of hosts.
- Users attempting to create defect issues in new projects now have their permissions and access levels checked.
- The excessive size of the columns in the description box was adjusted to prevent the description box from extending a page and a half in Netscape 4.76
Issue Tracking (IssueZilla)
Project Documents
- When a file is being uploaded to the Project Documentation section, if another file of the same name already exists, the existing file gets deleted and the new file is not uploaded, resulting in neither file being saved to the server.
Project News
- News items with links in the headline truncate anything beyond the link.
- Workaround: Users should not add links into News headlines.
- Users without permission to delete files in the Project Document section can access the Document Delete pages. However, when the user attempts to delete a document or folder, the user is given a redirect error message and the file or folder is not deleted.
- Suggested documents in the top section cannot be approved.
- Workaround: Users should suggest documents in subsections only.