summer@os2.ami.com.au said: > opensched looks (I've not actually tried running it yet) the most > complete. However, it does need a GUI. If someone feels the urge to > write a GUI that doesn't do much, this is a good place to start - the > guts of the application are in place. The TODO list suggests a > browser interface using CGI. Sounds good to me; I also suggest that > tbe browser interface be implemented as a java applet. The project > description is a fairly simple text file - editing it in the browser > and then sending it back sounds terrific to me. Reports are generated > using ?roff and LaText and stuff - it needs some updating to take > account of newer supporting software. > It has a few nice features - Tasks can depend on one another Can > allocate tasks to resources Can have virtual resources (eg a team of > people). > It has example projects, but uses fairly meaningless names - res1, > res2 etc for resources. An example of a project of painting a house > might work better - some tasks (sanding) need to be done before > others (applying paint) start, some people (apprentices) take longer > than others etc. Don't know what I was on - there's a perfectly adequate sample. Here's part of it: # starting date for project startdate 1998 10 28 # how to print dates? dateformat calendar # alternate formats raw, count, iso # This file will be used to produce the following output: #textreport sample_tasks.txt #texreport sample_tasks.tex htmlreport sample_tasks.html show_resource_notes show_task_notes show_dependencies show_vacations weekly_html sample_weekly.html monthly_html sample_monthly.html slippage_html sample_slippage.html # weekly_txt sample_weekly.txt # monthly_txt sample_monthly.txt # slippage_txt sample_slippage.txt printtaskdays hardschedule sample_hard.sched utilgraph sample_util.eps # Print task graphs. Be sure to never ask for a weekend as start/stop! tg_sortbyresource taskgraph 1998.Oct.28 1998.Dec.31 sample_gantt_1.eps network 0 100 sample_network_1.eps start_nety 2 finish_nety 2 # who's working on the project? resource idan "Idan Shoham" resource joe "Joe Programmer" resource mike "Mike Hacker" resource jane "Jane Debugger" resource_note idan "Idan wrote this silly program" resource_note idan "Notes can be added anywhere in the scheduler source" resource_note idan "Hmm. Nothing much to say" # christmas holidays, 1998: vacation "*" 1998.Dec.24 1999.Jan.01 task oracle_install "Install Oracle server" 1 describe oracle_install "Setup a DBMS server at the office" candidate oracle_install idan and so it goes. -- Cheers John Summerfield Microsoft's most solid OS: http://www.geocities.com/rcwoolley/ Note: mail delivered to me is deemed to be intended for me, for my disposition. ============================== If you don't like being told you're wrong, be right! _______________________________________________ Redhat-devel-list mailing list Redhat-devel-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-devel-list
