Re: Suggested (requested) mods to HTTPAPI

[Scott Klement <sk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

   Hi Dennis,
   1)  SRCLIB, INSTLIB, BINDLIB are already controllable without editing
   the source code.  When you call INSTALL, it brings up a screen where
   you can edit these values.  The only variable you asked about that's
   not set this way is the TGTRLS variable -- and I'm assuming (perhaps
   naively?) that nobody besides me uses this variable.  If you have a
   strong need for this, I would also suggest adding these to the screen
   it displays.
   I don't understand why you'd want to set them as parameters instead of
   on the screen?  This seems much less user-friendly to me, and is not
   the way most software (commercial or open source) works.
   2)   This is already the way HTTPAPI works -- it already specifies
   O_APPEND as of version 1.24.
   So it seems to me that all you're really asking for is the target
   release to be specified in the config program.  Correct?
   -SK

   On 9/6/2012 2:05 PM, Bruno, Dennis J wrote:

   Hello,



   I was hoping to see if you would be open to making two very minor mods
   to HTTPAPI.  I work for a company that has a very restrictive policy
   regarding open source software.  If we use any at all, we are not
   allowed to make ANY modifications to it, regardless of how trivial.


   The two changes that we would LOVE to have are:

   1.) In the install CLP (LIBHTTP/QCLSRC.INSTALL) would it be possible to
   make &SRCLIB, &INSTLIB, &BINDLIB, and &TGTRLS values  input parms so we
   could specify these without editing the code?

   2.) The debug option that writes to an IFS file (in
   LIBHTP/QRPGLESRC.HTTPUTILR4) currently only allows for one entry.  Any
   subsequent entry overlays the one from before.  We would LOVE to have
   this append instead (or as an option).  Changing line 176 from:

   : O_CREAT+O_TRUNC+O_WRONLY

   to:

   : O_CREAT+O_APPEND+O_WRONLY

   makes entries append for us.  Do you agree with our approach (right
   change in the right place) on this logging function?


   Thanks,
   Dennis
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