-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi List Members, we are proud to announce, that a new version of Fred is available. Have a lot of fun with Fred! Thomas What is Fred intended for? Fred supports the developer in his work. It displays information on the current request at the beginning of the HTML output. Fred will thus provide any developer with just-in-time support. Who needs Fred? Every OTRS-developer needs Fred! It enhances the quality of code and accelerates its development. But we would also advise any supporter and consultant to use fred, as can help to get a better insight into the processes of OTRS. Which OTRS versions is Fred suitable for? For OTRS 2.2.x and higher. How can I get Fred? There are two possible ways: * from the public CVS through checkout Fred * by downloading it from the OTRS ftp-server ftp://ftp.otrs.org/pub/otrs/develtools/packages/ How do I install Fred? * first of all you should install the necessary perl modules o Devel::SmallProf o Devel::DProf o HTML::Lint * through CVS o perform cvs checkout o link through link.pl, as with all other CVS modules * as a module (opm-package) o simply install using the Package Manager o that's it What can Fred do? To date, Fred has the following features: * HTMLCheck: the HTML output is checked by means of HTML::Lint * STDERRLog: every entry contained in STDERR is displayed * TranslationDebug: displays all translation attempts of the current request which failed. * SQLLog: lists all SQL statements of the current request * ConfigLog: lists all ConfigGet requests, indicating their frequency * DProf: a profiling tool which evaluates the time required for each function to be executed * SmallProf: a profiling tool performing a line-by-line code evaluation Caution : Please have a look at the possible config settings, which are easily accessible by clicking on "setting". What is Fred's current status? * modular design: anybody can add a new module at any time * the modules' output is not yet sophisticated ideas for improving the output or sensible configurations will be very welcome What is going to become of Fred? * please use Fred, it will make a lot of things easier * please extend Fred, if you have good ideas * if you have no time to implement your ideas yourselves, please enter them in this mailinglist -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHEwaV5VEHpl41kC8RAkweAKDCjmba5A6C4OJUqYAtz0GlXsISZgCeKUpa lXmjvyt571a8WE7RJtq02I4= =SsyP -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----