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Refactoring in progress; DCL now supports only PHP5

mdean — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 04:21:28 +0000

I've begun refactoring DCL so the code is a little more organized with the goal that it will be easier to develop new features and maintain the existing ones. This mainly involves moving existing code into somewhat of an MVC architecture. It's not using any MVC framework and is still using the front controller. I've removed all CreateObject references and replaced with good ol' new and __autoload. Because of this and adding other new things like exceptions, DCL will now be PHP5 only. This will save some of my sanity since I can now have some intellisense when developing.

DCL Site Moved to WordPress

mdean — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 05:10:09 +0000

I've got the news copied from the old site into WordPress. I still have to put some other parts of the site back together (such as static pages).

DCL Moved to Mercurial

mdean — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 05:08:44 +0000

After reading about the benefits of DVCS, I decided to make the move to Mercurial. The repository was migrated today and the Subversion repository has been disabled. You can find instructions for accessing DCL's repository here.

0.9.5RC14 Posted

mdean — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 05:06:24 +0000

The current 0.9.5 RC has been posted for download. You can get the file here. Be sure to back up your database or test in a staging environment before committing to production. Depending on what version you're currently running, the upgrade process will be pretty involved.

Time Flies Like the Wind…

mdean — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 14:04:33 +0000

I didn't realize it had been so long since I posted an update. I have a new batch of functionality to begin work on, so I'm trying to tie up any loose ends with the current "RC" version.

Basic plug-in functionality has been added. I hesitated to do a few custom projects here at work because I didn't want to do the dual maintenance. I have created a basic plug-in framework that suited my needs - hopefully others will find some use in it, too. The only useful thing I can think of that it doesn't do yet is accept custom schema changes.
Build manager integration is being worked on and should be available for the full release. This was code that I've had for a while and hadn't released yet. It will allow you to set up releases for each product and record builds and SCCS changes against those builds.

As always, test the SVN version if you can and give me some feedback on it. After I take care of a few things, it's rolling out.

0.9.5 Update

mdean — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 15:22:25 +0000

I have made some direction changes with the project recently. Most notably:

XOOPS support is being dropped
php/e/Axis:GroupWare support is being dropped
The notion of a separate public view of work orders is going away

The reason I'm dropping the "integration" is that I simply do not have enough time to do the development of DCL and verify the functionality works within each of these environments. DCL is becoming quite large and I also do not believe that it is used in any of these environments very much at all.

I've had a few things come up at work that couldn't wait too long, so I have added a few new features to DCL:

Tagging support for tickets and work orders
Ability to reassign ticket, modify tags, or attach file from resolution form
Ability to add more organizations, modify tags, attach files, or move projects from time card form

These changes help provide better reporting and management, along with improving the workflow of performing certain functions.

DCL Demo is Up – Running 0.9.5RC2

mdean — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 06:42:49 +0000

I spent some time last night installing DCL on SourceForge since the 0.9.4.x version had database corruption. Contrary to my previous post from 6/21/2006, I found I could simply precompile all of my templates and turn off the compile check in Smarty.

I've seen a few permissions related issues in the demo that need to be addressed, but I think it should be working fine for the most part.

The demo instructions can be found here.

DCL Source Code Now in SVN – Version 0.9.5RC2

mdean — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 16:09:48 +0000

I have switched version control systems from CVS to Subversion. I was getting a little frustrated with CVS, so it was time for something different.

0.9.5RC2 is currently all checked in if you would like to give it a spin. You can follow the instructions on this page to get the code. As noted, you should add /trunk to the URL to only pull the latest code (that's all there is anyway, but in case I start tagging/branching, this'll keep it safe).

svn co https://svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/dcl/trunk dcl

I have introduced tasks to work orders. These are simple one line items that can be entered and checked off. We needed this at work for breaking a work order up into a checklist of items that needed to be accomplished. Think of it as a ToDo list for the work order.

I really shouldn't be calling this a RC, despite the fact we are running it at work. I do have a couple of outstanding issues to correct with public users, but it is usable.

If you do decide to give this a spin, backup your existing database before you run the upgrade. The 0.9.5RC1 upgrade alone is monstrous. It took about 1 hour to complete at work. For reference, we have over 40,000 work orders and over 300,000 tickets. That generated a lot of contact records at over 110,000.

Feedback is welcomed and appreciated from anyone that runs the new version. I would like to get the final release out once I've got any relevant bugs and role-based security issues cleared up.

0.9.5RC2

mdean — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 12:35:09 +0000

We installed what was to be RC1 at work. Needless to say, it did have some rough edges and we have been working through those as time permits. I have a few enhancements to do to the new contact manager, but overall things are looking really good.

RC2 will probably be the first public release.

Ugh – There Will Be No More Demo on SF.net Soon

mdean — Wed, 21 Jun 2006 21:16:14 +0000

Well, last night I decided I would attempt to install DCL 0.9.5 on the SF.net server alongside the existing demo. But I found that the installer kept failing because the inc/ directory was not writable. I tried changing permissions to no avail.

Then, on my search through SF.net support forums and documentation, I find that the project directories are mounted read-only for the web servers. This means that the DCL demo will be going away once 0.9.5 is released. The Smarty template engine requires write access to store the compiled templates. The install requires writing to the inc/ directory to create the config.php file based on the supplied configuration.