I am happy to announce the next release of the Gestinanna application framework.
This release consists of the following packages on CPAN: Apache::Gestinanna 0.03 Gestinanna 0.02 Gestinanna::POF 0.07 Gestinanna::POF::Repository 0.04 Gestinanna provides an XML-based language for creating web applications in the Model-View-Controller pattern. It uses Template Toolkit to provide views, eXtensible State Machines (XSM) to provide controllers, and Perl modules to provide the models via extensions to XSM (taglibs). The distribution comes with support for Template Toolkit, XSM, documents, portal-like pages, XSLT, and workflows. For an example of a set of applications and a workflow definition, see the listserv list request application package that comes with the Gestinanna distribution. (Listserv is a registered trademark of its owner.) This framework is considered ALPHA software. It will have bugs. It probably won't pass all its tests. Please let me know what problems you run into. I can help you work around them or even fix them in the next release. A list of changes since 0.01 follows: o Basic workflow support. See the listserv package for an example. o Added a package system. Shell support is not complete, but sufficient for installing a package. o Moved sample pages into packages installable via the package system. o Added site configuration single inheritance. o Extensive unit tests in the low-level modules. Not yet complete. o Split state machine XML schema into two namespaces: state machine and scripting. o shell tool may be configured not to use a pager. o Added `site clone' command to the shell. Both cloning and creating a site will now create a site configuration as well. o Added `site config' command to the shell to edit an existing site's configuration. The resulting configuration must be parsable by XML::LibXML. o The `site uri add' command now takes an argument to indicate the object type the URI refers to. o Gestinanna::Request::get_url added to resolve an object to a url (for use by Apache::AxKit::Provider::Gestinanna). o Alzabo naming routine updated for Alzabo 0.82. o Namespace handlers for XSM scripts are now configurable on a per- site basis. o Namespaces can be specified for namespace handlers, overriding the default. This is useful for using different handlers that offer the same interface but work with different backends. o Configuration information specific to a content handler type is now enclosed in a <config/> tag. -- James Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, 979-862-3725 Texas A&M CIS Operating Systems Group, Unix -- Report problems: http://perl.apache.org/bugs/ Mail list info: http://perl.apache.org/maillist/modperl.html List etiquette: http://perl.apache.org/maillist/email-etiquette.html
