Title: Server Upgrade Complete. Please Report Any Issues To This Thread. Thank you. Source:
[None] URL Source:[None] Published:Jun 2, 2015 Author:Me Post Date:2015-06-02 15:00:53 by Pinguinite Keywords:None Views:3287 Comments:17
As per title. This version of linux should be supported for the next 2 years.
However, I noticed a minor problem with a thread I just posted about Martin O'Malley.
I tried to enter O'Malley as the first keyword for the article. When I previewed it, the form entry for Keyword_0 contained only the letter O but in the preview text itself, it did display O'Malley in full as it should. But when I hit Post, the article came back with only the single O as the first keyword.
So, if you are keeping a list of minor bugs to squash someday, you might note that a standard apostrophe does bollix up article keywords. This is obviously a similar situation as the problem you fixed with pinglist names that contained an apostrophe.
So, if you are keeping a list of minor bugs to squash someday, you might note that a standard apostrophe does bollix up article keywords. This is obviously a similar situation as the problem you fixed with pinglist names that contained an apostrophe.
It's always something, eh? : )
Thanks, TC. Yes, it's kinda obvious what the problem is, and it's a never ending thing all to often.
Thanks, TC. Yes, it's kinda obvious what the problem is, and it's a never ending thing all to often.
Not never ending though. Your primary web forms were debugged long ago (setting aside the Unicode issue). So you're mostly swatting some apostrophe encoding bugs in a very limited number of forms.
Your reply made me think of other places that might still have an apostrophe issue, like the keyword bug. So I tried entering O'Malley in my Bozo list. After I saved it, I checked it again and it didn't work. Apparently, you don't accept user handles with an apostrophe in them.
I'm trying to recall seeing any user with an apostrophe in their handle. And so that brings to mind the password field. I'm not too sure it would allow an apostrophe in the password either.
I doubt that fixing the keywords apostrophe error or any of these other forms is a very high priority. You could fix them all and I'm probably the only one who would know or care (as we saw with the pinglist apostrophe error and your fix). Of course, fixing it does have some appeal from the software side of things. I've looked at converting the P code base to Unicode and internationalization but I'm afraid it is a bit beyond me. The way that Perl mutates and molests its internal strings drives me nuts. But Unicode/internationalization would vastly enlarge the potential audience for P forums though. There aren't that many decent web forum softwares out there. The most successful ones are the internationalized ones.
