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task #7323: Submission of AVL_FILE

Submitter:  Michael Williamson <mwilliamson>
Submitted:  Fri 21 Sep 2007 06:25:35 PM UTC
   
 
Should Start On:  Fri 21 Sep 2007 12:00:00 AM UTC Should be Finished on:  Mon 01 Oct 2007 12:00:00 AM UTC
Category:  Project Approval Priority:  * 5 - Normal
Status:  Done Privacy:  Public
Assigned to:  Beuc Open/Closed:  Closed
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Fri 28 Sep 2007 11:34:43 PM UTC, comment #7: 

Now that you ask, I'm unsure.

For questions like this, it's best to submit a support request at https://savannah.gnu.org/support/?group=administration where it will get noticed by those best able to answer your question(s).

John Darrington <jmd>
Site Administrator
Fri 28 Sep 2007 09:22:44 PM UTC, comment #6: 

I got email approval notification, thanks.

But, how do I make the project file, "avl_file.tar.gz", available
to download from the savannah site?

-Mike

Michael Williamson <mwilliamson>
Thu 27 Sep 2007 11:52:18 PM UTC, comment #5: 

Thank you.

Your project will be approved shortly.

John Darrington <jmd>
Site Administrator
Thu 27 Sep 2007 05:03:49 PM UTC, comment #4: 

Hi John,

I added the copyright and license notices to the documentation
files, as you requested. The updated source is at

http://129.59.241.105/dyer/src/avl_file.tar.gz

-Mike

Michael Williamson <mwilliamson>
Thu 27 Sep 2007 12:31:37 AM UTC, comment #3: 


> OK, I made the changes you described.


Thanks.  Also I note that the documentation files avl_file.3 and
avl_file.texi don't have licence or copyright notices attached.  As these are short documentation files, it would be acceptable to use a short, permissive non-copyleft licence.  See
http://www.gnu.org/prep/maintain/maintain.html#License-Notices-for-Other-Files

Please provide an URL to an updated tarball with these changes.  upon review, we will reconsider your project for inclusion in Savannah.

> Also, I originally submitted this package to GNU, where
> Karl evaluated it and suggested some changes, and also
> that I submit it to Savannah. (He wanted there to be a
> separate 'avl_file.c' source code file.)


This would be a good idea for technical reasons (function definitions should never normally appear in .h files), and would certainly be required before anything could be accepted as a GNU project.  As your project stands, users of your project will be unable to link a program if they #include "avl_file.h" more than once.

However this is not an obstacle for Savannah hosting.  You can
fix this problem any time.  When you create a avl_file.c file, don't forget to copy in the GPL preamble.

John

John Darrington <jmd>
Site Administrator
Wed 26 Sep 2007 08:47:16 PM UTC, comment #2: 

OK, I made the changes you described. The revised version is at

  http://129.59.241.105/dyer/src/avl_file.tar.gz


Also, I originally submitted this package to GNU, where
Karl evaluated it and suggested some changes, and also
that I submit it to Savannah. (He wanted there to be a
separate 'avl_file.c' source code file.)

As you point out, the libavl package already implements
AVL-trees. But those routines are in-memory only, not file-based,
and not multi-process.

However, for disk files, B-trees are faster, and several free
dbm and SQL packages exist. This implementation is just for fun.


-Mike


Michael Williamson <mwilliamson>
Wed 26 Sep 2007 01:05:59 AM UTC, comment #1: 

Hi,
 
I'm evaluating the project you submitted for approval in
Savannah. While doing so I have noticed a few problems which are
described below.

In avl_file.h, you state "This code license is GNU GPL", but did not
add appropriate copyright notices.   You must copy the preamble of the
GPL into each file, and you must state who the copyright holder is.
You must also add a COPYING file containing the GPL. 

Please check
http://www.gnu.org/prep/maintain/html_node/Copyright-Notices.html for
more information, and update your files.

I didn't look at the technical details of avl_file.h, but it seems
similar to an existing GNU project, libAVL which you can find at
http://www.stanford.edu/~blp/avl You may decide that it's better to
contribute to this project rather than to start a new one.

If however you want to start a new project, and are willing to make
the changes mentioned above, please provide us with an URL to an
updated tarball of your project.  Upon review, we will reconsider your
project for inclusion in Savannah.  

To help us better keep track of your registration, please use the
tracker's web interface following the link below. Do not reply
directly, the registration process is not driven by e-mail, and we
will not receive such replies.

Regards.

John Darrington <jmd>
Site Administrator
Fri 21 Sep 2007 06:25:35 PM UTC, original submission:  

A new project has been registered at Savannah
This project account will remain inactive until a site admin approves or discards the registration.


Registration Administration


While this item will be useful to track the registration process, approving or discarding the registration must be done using the specific Group Administration page, accessible only to site administrators, effectively logged as site administrators (superuser):



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  • Name: AVL_FILE
  • System Name:  avl-file
  • Type: non-GNU software & documentation
  • License: GNU General Public License v2 or later





Description:

AVL_FILE

A C-language header file with routines to implement a file type called
AVL_FILE - file-based threaded AVL-trees with multiple keys and concurrent access, using fixed length records in single files.

http://129.59.241.105/dyer/src/avl_file

The files are "avl_file.h", and a short man page "avl_file.3".




Michael Williamson <mwilliamson>

 

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