Newbie: Data import question

David Goodenough david.goodenough at linkchoose.co.uk
Mon Jun 8 11:52:07 EDT 2009


On Monday 08 June 2009, Derek Atkins wrote:
> David Goodenough <david.goodenough at linkchoose.co.uk> writes:
> >> Now, you COULD work on fixing the QSF importer before it gets ripped out
> >> for lack of love.....
> >
> > That is something I could look at.  Where do I start looking for it (in
> > the 2.3.1 source) and how do I enable it?
>
> The code is in src/libqof/backend/file
> As for enabling it.... I think it just needs to get loaded, but I'm not
> 100% sure.
I will have a word with Neil Williams to see if he can recall, I see he was 
the original author, and I have had dealings with him on debian-embedded.
>
> > My C is a bit rusty (I am normally a Java coder), but I am happy to give
> > it a go.  What kind of love does it require?  Are there known bugs, or
> > are the problems more basic than that?
>
> The problems are more basic -- it's extremely fragile, memory leaks,
> memory corruption... It just doesn't work.  It needs a lot of love.
> It was completely unstable and could crash a lot, too.
OK, I will have a look and see what I can do.  I think that for business use
this is a rather important function, and as I need it I will see what I can
do about implementing it.
>
> There are probably a bunch of QSF bugs in bugzilla..
I will have a look
>
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>
> -derek
David



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