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| author | Mohammad Akhlaghi <mohammad@akhlaghi.org> | 2020-11-26 03:45:54 +0000 |
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| committer | Mohammad Akhlaghi <mohammad@akhlaghi.org> | 2020-11-26 03:45:54 +0000 |
| commit | 6b87843fc38c1646615ab0342a703f7ab3caf1cb (patch) | |
| tree | ea11daebe93d93f7e549fe9e3404248d850026f7 /about-future.html | |
| parent | 56779683e1abd996f50d1e66055f4f5540a7d61c (diff) | |
The long about.hml is now broken up into smaller pages
The "About" page ('about.html') was effectively a full copy of
Maneage's 'README-hacking.md', so it was very long. To help in
readability it has now been broken down into smaller pages (one for
each section).
Also the indentation of Make recipes was corrected, both in the about
pages, and also in the tutorial.
Diffstat (limited to 'about-future.html')
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diff --git a/about-future.html b/about-future.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a8ef98c --- /dev/null +++ b/about-future.html @@ -0,0 +1,160 @@ +<!DOCTYPE html> +<!-- Copyright notes are just below the head and before body --> + + <html lang="en-US"> + + <!-- HTML Header --> + <head> + <!-- Title of the page. --> + <title>Maneage -- Managing data lineage</title> + + <!-- Enable UTF-8 encoding to easily use non-ASCII charactes --> + <meta charset="UTF-8"> + <meta http-equiv="Content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> + + <!-- Put logo beside the address bar --> + <link rel="shortcut icon" href="./img/favicon.svg" /> + + <!-- The viewport meta tag is placed mainly for mobile browsers + that are pre-configured in different ways (for example setting the + different widths for the page than the actual width of the device, + or zooming to different values. Without this the CSS media + solutions might not work properly on all mobile browsers.--> + <meta name="viewport" + content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"> + + <!-- Basic styles --> + <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/base.css" /> + </head> + + <!-- + Webpage of Maneage: a framework for managing data lineage + + Copyright (C) 2020, Pedram Ashofteh Ardakani <pedramardakani@pm.me> + Copyright (C) 2020, Mohammad Akhlaghi <mohammad@akhlaghi.org> + + This file is part of Maneage. Maneage is free software: you can + redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General + Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either + version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. + + Maneage is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but + WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of + MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU + General Public License for more details. See + <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. --> + + <!-- Start the main body. --> + <body> + <div id="container"> + <header role="banner"> + <!-- global navigation --> + <nav role="navigation" id="nav-hamburger-wrapper"> + <input type="checkbox" id="nav-hamburger-input"/> + <label for="nav-hamburger-input">|||</label> + <div id="nav-hamburger-items" class="button"> + <a href="index.html">Home</a> + <a href="about.html">About</a> + <a href="http://git.maneage.org/project.git/">Git</a> + <a href="tutorial.html">Tutorial</a> + </div> + </nav> + </header> + <div class="banner"> + <div> + <a href="index.html"><img src="img/maneage-logo.svg" /></a> + </div> + <div> + <h1>Maneage</h1><h2>Managing Data Lineage</h2> + <p>Copyright © 2018-2020 Mohammad Akhlaghi <a href="mailto:mohammad@akhlaghi.org">mohammad@akhlaghi.org</a><br /> + Copyright © 2020 Raul Infante-Sainz <a href="mailto:infantesainz@gmail.com">infantesainz@gmail.com</a><br /> + <a href="#page-footer">License Conditions</a></p> + </div> + </div> + + + + + <hr /> + <p align="right">Previous: <a href="about-tips.html">Tips for designing your project</a>, Up: <a href="about.html">About</a> </p> + + <h1>Future improvements</h1> + + <p>This is an evolving project and as time goes on, it will evolve and become + more robust. Some of the most prominent issues we plan to implement in the + future are listed below, please join us if you are interested.</p> + + <h2>Package management</h2> + + <p>It is important to have control of the environment of the project. Maneage + currently builds the higher-level programs (for example GNU Bash, GNU Make, + GNU AWK and domain-specific software) it needs, then sets <code>PATH</code> so the + analysis is done only with the project's built software. But currently the + configuration of each program is in the Makefile rules that build it. This + is not good because a change in the build configuration does not + automatically cause a re-build. Also, each separate project on a system + needs to have its own built tools (that can waste a lot of space).</p> + + <p>A good solution is based on the <a href="https://nixos.org/nix/about.html">Nix package manager</a>: a separate file is present for + each software, containing all the necessary info to build it (including its + URL, its tarball MD5 hash, dependencies, configuration parameters, build + steps and etc). Using this file, a script can automatically generate the + Make rules to download, build and install program and its dependencies + (along with the dependencies of those dependencies and etc).</p> + + <p>All the software are installed in a "store". Each installed file (library + or executable) is prefixed by a hash of this configuration (and the OS + architecture) and the standard program name. For example (from the Nix + webpage):</p> + + <pre><code>/nix/store/b6gvzjyb2pg0kjfwrjmg1vfhh54ad73z-firefox-33.1/</code></pre> + + <p>The important thing is that the "store" is <em>not</em> in the project's search + path. After the complete installation of the software, symbolic links are + made to populate each project's program and library search paths without a + hash. This hash will be unique to that particular software and its + particular configuration. So simply by searching for this hash in the + installed directory, we can find the installed files of that software to + generate the links.</p> + + <p>This scenario has several advantages: 1) a change in a software's build + configuration triggers a rebuild. 2) a single "store" can be used in many + projects, thus saving space and configuration time for new projects (that + commonly have large overlaps in lower-level programs).</p> + + + <p align="right">Previous: <a href="about-tips.html">Tips for designing your project</a>, Up: <a href="about.html">About</a> </p> + + + + + <footer role="contentinfo" id="page-footer"> + <h2>Copyright information</h2> + + <p>This file is part of Maneage's core: <a href="https://git.maneage.org/project.git">https://git.maneage.org/project.git</a></p> + + <p>Maneage is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under + the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free + Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) + any later version.</p> + + <p>Maneage is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY + WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS + FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more + details.</p> + + <p>You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along + with Maneage. If not, see <a href="https://www.gnu.org/licenses/">https://www.gnu.org/licenses/</a>.</p> + <ul> + <li><p>Maneage is currently based in the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC).</p></li> + <li><p>Address: IAC, Calle Vía Láctea, s/n, E38205 - La Laguna (Tenerife), Spain.</p></li> + <!-- The people page will be added later + <li><p>People [page will be added later]</p></li> + --> + <li><p>Contact: with <a href="https://savannah.nongnu.org/support/?func=additem&group=reproduce">this form.</a></p></li> + <li><p>Copyright © 2020 Maneage volunteers</p></li> + <li><p>All logos are copyrighted by the respective institutions</p></li> + </ul> + </footer> + </div> + </body> |