Re: HTML::Timeline

Hi Phil

>  > If I put the code somewhere public, it'll probably be:
>  >
>  > http://github.com
> 
> Sounds good.  I like git.

I've created a repository there, but so far git (or ssh) won't let me
upload to it.

I'm waiting to hear from their support.

>  >> 2) The include_spouses option may not always work
>  >
>  > If you run:
>  >
>  > shell> timeline.pl -r "Lucia Elisabeth Munchhusen" -i
>  >
>  > with and without the -i, you'll see 2 different results, taking  
> care to
>  > view the output in a browser between runs :-)).
> 
> What you say is true, but my point was not that the include_spouses  
> option may not always work, but rather that it doesn't include the  
> spouse of the root person, which in this case is Johann Christoph  
> Friedrich Bach.

Fixed in V 1.03, which has been uploaded to CPAN.

>  >> 6) Using 'cpan' and packaging and timeline.pl -h under MacOS
>  >
>  > I don't have any experience with MacOS (I use Debian), so can't help
>  > there.
>  >
>  > If timeline.pl -h does not work from the command line, I'd suggest  
> the
>  > install did not work perfectly, but, again, that must be a Mac  
> problem.
> 
> Regarding trouble installing HTML::Timeline from CPAN on the Mac, I  
> just reponded to my earlier post to say that it finally installed.   
> Mostly, anyway. . . timeline.pl wasn't installed.  /usr/bin/perlcritic  
> was correctly installed on my Mac with Perl::Critic and I'm not sure  
> why the same is not true for timeline.pl.

Hmmm. I notice that Build.PL for Perl::Critic contains:

    script_files    => ['bin/perlcritic'],

but I've never needed it.

Can you download HTML::Timeline's distro and add that? If that works for
you I guess I have to add it...

Check Makefile.PL for this version:

    EXE_FILES      => ['bin/perlcritic'],

What version of Module::Build and ExtUtils::MakeMaker are you using?

>  >> 7) Fuzzy dates and Gedcom::Date
> 
> Originally, I put in a note about fuzzy dates when the date couldn't  
> be resolved precisely (i.e. multiple years given as a birth date such  
> as "1772-1773"), but now it seems like any date (even a precise one  
> such as "31 Mar 1685") is considered fuzzy:

Yep. Fixed.

>  >> 8) Support for ~/.timelinerc

Implemented. See the docs.

>  >> 11) The -ancestors options may not always work
>  >
>  > If you run:
>  >
>  > shell> timeline.pl -r "Lucia Elisabeth Munchhusen" -a
>  >
>  > with and without the -a, you'll see 2 different results, taking  
> care to
>  > view the output in a browser between runs :-)).
>  >
>  > So, I reject this bug report.
> 
> Well, Lucia Elisabeth Munchhusen doesn't have any ancestors in  
> bach.ged, so it's not the best test, but the -a option seems to be  
> working fine for me.

Phew!

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Ron Savage
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