Hi Dan,

On Sun, Jun 15, 2003 at 06:13:39PM -0700, Dan Means was heard to remark:
> Hello..
> 
> So, if one wanted to volunteer to help out, what do we need to do?

Download qof-0.1.tar.gz and see if you even like the thing.  
I just added an example program that shows how to use the query
object.  (Derek, should I copy this example back into gnucash
somewhere? where?)

One of the earlier steps probably has to be to clean up the naming
conventions.  We need to hash this out on [EMAIL PROTECTED]

I'd like to agree on a consistent naming convention for subroutines,
objects, tokens, etc. and slowly move to that.  For the QOF functions,
it might even make sense to rename them with a qof prefix.  Derek?
Anyone?  

Something that I think would be nice to have would be a prser to
convert from a 'QOF query language' to the actual query: e.g.
something to parse things like

SELECT Memo from gncTransaction WHERE gncTransaction.date_posted=030303;

Or something like that.  But there are many interesting directions one
could go in.

> I updated my "resume" on the sourceforge site, but I have a lot of
> experience with accounting systems in general, and database driven /
> source applications specifically.

I have this vague daydream of inegrating the work I did for 'dwi'
(Data With Interaction, which hooks glade directly to sql) with
qof.  But that's for some future date.  

> Down low, I prefer database layers, and reporting engines more than
> interface / transaction layer stuff....

Not sure what that means.

> I make my living doing this with commercial packages, but I see open
> source as a longer term opportunity for me and my clients....

OK, just be sure not to succumb to the urge to violate the GPL ... 

--linas

p.s. I plan to keep all qof discussions on [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
until such that that people get sick of it.  

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