Re: Announce: Perlbug(tron) grows Tk interface++

On Wed, 17 Jan 2001 10:13:42 -0500, [email protected] (Robert Spier) wrote:
> >>>>> "RF" == Richard Foley <[email protected]> writes:
> RF> The Perlbug(tron) now has a Tk interface, which supplements the
> RF> existing email, web and command line interfaces nicely.
> 
> RF> This enables anyone to browse the db in comparative comfort from
> RF> their very own armchair db => bugmongers heaven.
> 
> Is there a simple way to configure the Tk interface (to access the
> bugs.perl.org) database without doing a full local install?  It looks
> like it requires direct database access.

Might depend on your network configuration. I've built it locally because we do
not have a constant connection to the outside world, and I wanted to dig bugs
without wasting telephone lines and -time (we need those lines for our
customers).

It's not finished, by far. Feel free to add suggestions like above. I did add
what I wanted most in this interface, which might not be what you want/like in
it. The bugtk script defines a remote host in the start section (probably
something like 'l1' if Richard did not change it). I'm no network expert, but
it /should/ be possible to make it more network aware.

One warning: bugtk is written with as less dependencies as possible, bearing in
mind that not every bugmonger has all CPAN modules installed. This was one of
my frustrations when I started with the default bug interface from Richard. I
did not have any of the required web modules installed. This was what fired me
off in writing a local bugtk interface. So if you want to make bugtk net-aware,
make it not crash if the modules needed for that are not installed (please).

> -R

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