Subject: KampalaMeetingLog-2018-04-05.txt Date: April 5, 2018 at 5:40:02 PM PDT ---++ #twiki_release on free node irc [15:04:39]   Hi Peter [15:04:49]   hi hideyo-san! [15:05:01]   sorry for the delay [15:05:08]   no worries [15:05:12]   was on the road, back from a meeting [15:05:22]   but I need to leave in 30 min [15:05:39]   let's switch to slack [15:05:57]   sure ---++ #release on Slack TWiki peterthoeny [3:06 PM] hi @himazu -san himazu [3:06 PM] what’s new? peterthoeny [3:06 PM] well, i gave my notice with broadcom consulting, not to quit, but to reduce the time to a few hours per week on an as-needed basis they are ok with that that way i can focus on liquineq, our new company exciting times himazu [3:07 PM] cool peterthoeny [3:07 PM] broadcom is actually a nice company to work for if you are in eng himazu [3:07 PM] serial entrepreneur! peterthoeny [3:08 PM] my 3rd what’s new with you? sakura is in bloom apparently, i’ll go to check tonight himazu [3:09 PM] not much. except I will be busier at work. with unexpected workload peterthoeny [3:09 PM] ah himazu [3:09 PM] sakura is totally over in Tokyo peterthoeny [3:10 PM] going back to ogaki recently? himazu [3:10 PM] not since last Dec peterthoeny [3:11 PM] harald is not here today, shall we do informal short meeting? himazu [3:11 PM] yes peterthoeny [3:11 PM] http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/KampalaReleaseMeeting2018x04x05 http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/WebChanges - no changes since last time http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Plugins/WebChanges - some changes, but not by plugin authors http://develop.twiki.org/do/view/Bugs/WebChanges - also quiet here so looks like no update to cover himazu [3:14 PM] ok peterthoeny [3:14 PM] anything besides release? himazu [3:14 PM] nothing from me peterthoeny [3:15 PM] neither from me on release dependencies, i have not yet finished up with the security items so no update on my side unfortunately (edited) himazu [3:16 PM] understood peterthoeny [3:16 PM] anything on release? himazu [3:16 PM] not from me peterthoeny [3:16 PM] ok, that covers the open source items i am maintaining a twiki app for a client for many years now sales order system all with twiki forms and reports they are happy with it himazu [3:17 PM] cool peterthoeny [3:17 PM] used in many countries, small team though not sure i mentioned this before himazu [3:18 PM] I didn’t know that peterthoeny [3:18 PM] a company that is a broker between the plastic manufacturers (exxon etc) and firms creating bottles for bottled water the company does just paperwork himazu [3:19 PM] seems like a big business peterthoeny [3:19 PM] orders are huge, a few train car loads of plastic pellets at a time so all they do is paperwork on buying price per pound, selling price per pound, shipping cost, insurance etc himazu [3:20 PM] PET resin pelets! peterthoeny [3:20 PM] very profitable business ah, that is what pet stands for? himazu [3:21 PM] Polyethylene terephthalate peterthoeny [3:21 PM] ah anyway, they are growing and ask more features, new reports etc it’s fun doing that in twiki himazu [3:22 PM] you bet peterthoeny [3:22 PM] they don’t use twiki as a wiki at all ok, that is all i have for today himazu [3:23 PM] I run several volunteering/donation sites in the firm. all built on twiki peterthoeny [3:23 PM] nice! himazu [3:24 PM] the year-end donation site shows the total amount and division breakdown in real-time peterthoeny [3:24 PM] did you ever use the IfThenActionPlugin? himazu [3:24 PM] no peterthoeny [3:24 PM] that could come in handy for custom apps himazu [3:24 PM] I’ll take a look peterthoeny [3:25 PM] you can say, if this type of topic is updated, take a form field value from it, and update another topic with it himazu [3:25 PM] ah peterthoeny [3:25 PM] the if actions are view, update, register, attach events i think the then actions are topic update, form field update, topic touch, send email and you can simply drop in a new perl module for a new then action if needed himazu [3:27 PM] the plugin itself has email sending feature? or using another addon or plugin? peterthoeny [3:27 PM] for the sales order app i use it to update the view permissions on topics based on the initial of the sales person set in a form field it has sendmail feature, actually uses the one of twiki i think (edited) can’t remember exactly, has been a while ah, one more then action: set a topic preferences setting himazu [3:29 PM] it should make some tasks I’m doing for email sending with SendEmailPlugin easier and cleaner peterthoeny [3:29 PM] yup himazu [3:29 PM] thank you for the tips! peterthoeny [3:30 PM] with send mail you can point it to an email template, which is a twiki topic in that you can use twiki vars that are expanded sure time check +30 min himazu [3:30 PM] I need to run peterthoeny [3:30 PM] you need to go? ok i’ll post the logs and minutes ttyl @himazu -san! himazu [3:30 PM] ok ttyl, @peterthoeny! (edited)