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To do list for Megistos BBS rationalisation and modernisation

  • Use unicode (or a superset thereof) for the internal representation of strings.

  • Use XML for message blocks and other configuration files.

  • emud: use getpt(3) or similar.

  • emud: use iconv(3) or similar for character translation. Add an extra lynx-like layer for irreversible translations.

  • output.c: use termcap and/or terminfo for terminal handling, incorporate this into the terminal question: ONLY after XML conversion.

  • MetaBBS: rewrite using the bot infrastructure for communications (and libexpect for the client).

  • Privilege separation.

  • Write and document a sample bot.

  • Document a sample module (e.g. news [it's small and supports virtually all options of the system]).

  • URL (ftp/http) download/upload protocol.

  • RSYNC download/upload protocol.

  • SCP download/upload protocol.

  • Dialogue box for above protocols (URL/hostname, options, username -- password is asked for by the underlying UNIX program).

  • libmegistos/bbsdialog: All dialogues and prompts must support options storage (as defaults for next time). Can be implemented transparently. Passwords are never recorded. Add a per-field and a per-dialogue flag to disable this.

  • Modernise /#

  • Write converters to generate XML config files from all old file formats.

  • Write XML-to-MSG-to-MBK converter. We want to use the MBK format as our compiled config file format. It's generic enough for that (teleactions.msg, an automatically generated list of actions for the teleconferences module, proves this is possible even for arbitrary-length structures).

  • bbslogin: modernise and rationalise (remove calls to sh -e stty when using termios would do).

  • emud: autodetect screen size changes is signals are sent.

  • gcs_global: add commands to switch terminal size/type.

  • remove ANSI settings in favour of terminal type settings. Use ANSI settings as the ‘beginner’ mode, full terminal type as the ‘advanced’ mode.

  • Add terminal autodetection code.

  • Write converters from text files/typhoon to SQL.

  • Modify msgidx to store parsed message blocks and settings into the database.

  • Modify libmegistos/prompt.c to construct the in-memory block from the database (at startup? Per-message as needed?)

  • mkmtree, menuman: fix EXIT page

Tasks below have been completed

  • Debianise library

  • Make prefixes soft.

  • Use GNU build tools.

  • Use I18N for built-in messages.

  • menuman: separate compilation into menuman (module), gcs_go (GCS), and mkmtree (program).

  • Ensure all necessary directories are built.

  • msgd: move to a subdirectory of the emailclubs module (it needs much of the emailclubs infrastructure in place before it can be built). DONE, but used libclubhdr instead.