Forum OpenACS Q&A: Project/Open V2.0.0 Released

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1: Project/Open V2.0.0 Released
Posted by Frank Bergmann on 06/03/04 07:50 PM
Hi,

Project/Open basicly is a port of the "ACS 3.4 Intranet" module to OpenACS 5.1. Project/Open V2.0.0 is a bugfix release after V2.0.rc2, available for download at http://www.project-open.org/download/. It installs without errors and is already (2004-06-03) in productive use at three different customers.

Main features of the new release are:
- "Core module" with extended configuration GUI (GPLed)
- Timesheet logging with "absences" (travelling with contact info, holidays, vacations, etc) and additional timesheet reports that allow to check that everybody has logged his hours (GPLed).
- FS Filestorage module with +/- (open/close) and permissions (global: employees, customers, ... and project roles: PM, project member, ...)

Most modules are available under the GPL. In particular you can build an Intranet system with timesheet management completely with GPLed code (although based on Oracle 8.1.7). The other modules released are copyrighted under a standard commercial license, but licensed at zero cost for use and modification.

There is a roadmap draft at http://www.project-open.org/download/roadmap.html. Maybe you would like to contribute requests for featurs etc.

I want to say thanks to all the team members who have participated in the work (in alphabetic order):

- Marc Baiges
- Alejandro Beya
- Alwin Egger
- Klaus Hofeditz
- Santi Trenchs
- Pol Vilarmau

with support from:
- Christian Acosta
- Xavier Ginesta
- Isabel Jiménez
- Malte Süssdorff
- Nicolas Worms

Best regards,
Frank

mailto:frank_dot_bergmann_at_project_dash_open_dot_com
http://www.project-open.com/

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2: Re: Project/Open V2.0.0 Released (response to 1)
Posted by Gary Roesler on 06/03/04 10:47 PM
Hi Frank,

I was interested in veiwing your online demo especially your timesheet package but it seems to be broken and the system crashing constantly. Can take a look?

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3: Re: Project/Open V2.0.0 Released (response to 2)
Posted by Frank Bergmann on 06/04/04 10:39 AM
Hi Gary,

could you please send me the specific URL, the error message and/or click on the "Report this Error" button when the error page comes up?

I have check the server (http://pcdemo.dnsalias.com/) and I haven't found a crash. It redirects to port 30022 though, so this may cause trouble if you live behind a firewall...

Bests,
Frank

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4: Re: Project/Open V2.0.0 Released (response to 3)
Posted by Mark Aufflick on 06/04/04 05:16 PM
Hi Frank,

When I click a "Log on as ..." link, my browser spins it's wheels but goes nowhere.

No firewall issues here afaik.

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5: Re: Project/Open V2.0.0 Released (response to 1)
Posted by Jose Mendez on 06/04/04 07:32 PM
Same here, I've tried clicking on a demo account but it takes me nowhere. After a while the browser just gives up.
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6: Re: Project/Open V2.0.0 Released (response to 1)
Posted by Chris Davies on 06/04/04 07:57 PM
I get the redirect to

http://pcdemo.dnsalias.com:30022/intranet/

however, port 30022 appears to be filtered.  No problem hitting port 80 on that IP.

It is indeed a firewall issue, but on the server side.  I tried from multiple locations around the net.

telnet pcdemo.dnsalias.com 80
Trying 80.37.90.26...
Connected to 26.Red-80-37-90.pooles.rima-tde.net.
Escape character is '^]'.
GET /become?user_id=510 HTTP/1.0
Host: pcdemo.dnsalias.com

HTTP/1.0 302 Found
Set-Cookie: ad_user_login_secure=""; Path=/; Max-Age=0
Set-Cookie: ad_user_login=510%2c1086377986%2c0305F0A27%20%7b266%201086406786%209985CC4D90BAEE792099D125E2A0FB2D85FED984%7d; Path=/; Max-Age=28800
Set-Cookie: ad_session_id=217%2c510%2c1%20%7b634%201086379186%2000EB01560384EE68D3E0B035D012BE0A40941422%7d; Path=/; Max-Age=1200
Location: http://pcdemo.dnsalias.com:30022/intranet/
Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8
MIME-Version: 1.0
Date: Fri, 04 Jun 2004 19:39:46 GMT
Server: AOLserver/3.3.1+ad13
Content-Length: 333
Connection: close

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//IETF//DTD HTML 2.0//EN">
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>Redirection</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<H2>Redirection</H2>
<A HREF="http://pcdemo.dnsalias.com:30022/intranet/">The requested URL has moved here.</A>
<P ALIGN=RIGHT><SMALL><I>AOLserver/3.3.1+ad13 on http://pcdemo.dnsalias.com:30022</I></SMALL></P>

</BODY></HTML>
Connection closed by foreign host.
mcd@mcdlp:~$ telnet pcdemo.dnsalias.com 30022
Trying 80.37.90.26...
telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection timed out

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7: Re: Project/Open V2.0.0 Released (response to 1)
Posted by Frank Bergmann on 06/07/04 11:58 AM
Hi Chris,

thanks for the detailed description, it's fixed now. It's been the well known IE issue at util_current_location when running virtual servers, together with a firewall protection of the virtual server port.

I have checked http://pcdemo.dnsalias.com/ now from two  locations and it doesn't redirect anymore.

I whish you a more pleaseant "experience" now...

Bests,
Frank

mailto:frank_dot_bergmann_at_project-open_dot_com
http://www.project-open.org/