X-Git-Url: https://git.phdru.name/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2FANNOUNCE;h=8327679a1fc37be034bf9779fffbc30c6c28f308;hb=04db9e3805bf1dec4b6954195680628079dbf8a1;hp=abcefea391a18498b0554ca1ff6cceda84601c79;hpb=e77293aee7d62c0929943548b41572aed2acaea5;p=bookmarks_db.git diff --git a/doc/ANNOUNCE b/doc/ANNOUNCE index abcefea..8327679 100644 --- a/doc/ANNOUNCE +++ b/doc/ANNOUNCE @@ -2,80 +2,43 @@ Bookmarks Database and Internet Robot WHAT IS IT - There is a set of classes, libraries, programs and plugins I use to -manipulate my bookmarks.html. I like Netscape Navigator, but I need more -features, so I write and maintain these programs for my needs. I need to -extend Navigator's "What's new" feature (Navigator 4 calls it "Update -bookmarks"). + A set of classes, libraries, programs and plugins I use to manipulate my +bookmarks.html. -WHAT'S NEW in version 3.4.0 (2004-08-04) - Updated to m_lib version 1.2. Extended support for Mozilla; -keywords in bookmarks. +WHAT'S NEW in version 4.6.0 (2014-07-06) + Split simple robot: separate network operations and + URL handling/HTML parsing. -WHAT'S NEW in version 3.3.2 - parse_html.py can now recode unicode entities in titles. + Change parse_html to parse strings, not files. + Split parse_html/__init__.py into __main__.py. -WHAT'S NEW in version 3.3.0 - Required Python 2.2. - HTML parser. If the protocol is HTTP, and there is Content-Type header, and -content type is text/html, the object is parsed to extract its title; if the -Content-Type header has charset, or if the HTML has with charset, the -title is converted from the given charset to the default charset. The object is -also parsed to extract tag with redirect. + Adapt JSON storage to recent Mozilla export format. + Add ChangeLog. -WHAT'S NEW in version 3.0 - Complete rewrite from scratch. Created mechanism for pluggable storage -managers, writers (DB dumpers/exporters) and robots. + Allow parameters in BKMK_* environment variables; for example, + BKMK_ROBOT=forking:subproc=urllib or + BKMK_STORAGE=json:filename=bookmarks_db.json. + + Pass subproc parameter to the subprocess to allow different robots. WHERE TO GET - Master site: http://phd.pp.ru/Software/Python/#bookmarks_db + Home page: http://phdru.name/Software/Python/#bookmarks_db + git clone http://git.phdru.name/bookmarks_db.git + git clone git://git.phdru.name/bookmarks_db.git - Faster mirrors: http://phd.by.ru/Software/Python/#bookmarks_db - http://phd2.chat.ru/Software/Python/#bookmarks_db + Requires: Python 2.5+, m_lib 2.0+. AUTHOR - Oleg Broytmann + Oleg Broytman COPYRIGHT - Copyright (C) 1997-2002 PhiloSoft Design + Copyright (C) 1997-2014 PhiloSoft Design LICENSE GPL - -STATUS - Storage managers: pickle, FLAD (Flat ASCII Database). - Writers: HTML, text, FLAD (full database or only errors). - Robots (URL checker): simple, simple+timeoutscoket, forking. - -TODO - Parse downloaded file and get some additional information out of headers - and parsed data - title, for example. Or redirects using . - (Partially done - now extracting title). - - Documentation. - - Merge "writers" to storage managers. - New storage managers: shelve, SQL, ZODB, MetaKit. - Robots (URL checkers): threading, asyncore-based. - Aliases in bookmarks.html. - - Configuration file for configuring defaults - global defaults for the system - and local defaults for subsystems. - - Ruleset-based mechanisms to filter out what types of URLs to check: checking - based on URL schema, host, port, path, filename, extension, etc. - - Detailed reports on robot run - what's old, what's new, what was moved, - errors, etc. - WWW-interface to the report. - - Bigger database. Multiuser database. Robot should operate on a part of - the DB. - WWW-interface to the database. User will import/export/edit bookmarks, - schedule robot run, etc.