current work
In 2.x branch, the code was too big, with too many global variables, so was indeed
difficult to maintain.
The 3.x branche is a progressive rewrite in object oriented style, which allow better architecture design,
and unitary tests.
incoming releases
- 3.6 : change database to allow easy add new fields
new features
new parameters
Adding new parameters (acl posix for example) is very difficult. The database should be adapted
, in next major branch (3.6.x)
report format
add other report format : XML and html
daemon mode
for now, afick works as a batch job. The idea is to allow a daemon mode for a "real-time" alert.
On UNIX, my first idea is to use fam (File Alteration Monitor) ...
improved features
gui interface
a very simple gui is now available (afick-gui), but it should be possible to have more informations
(stats ?).
remote administration
a
webmin module is now available, but can sure be
improved.
see also
rfc
clean Debian package
I am a Debian newbie, so my Debian packages are not completely cleaned : lintian still
complain about.
So, if somebody can help me ...
remaining problems
on windows
- the program is very slow (a bench on a same host in dual boot, show it runs 5x faster on Linux). The problem
may come from perl portage or from ntfs filesystem
- I do not know how to get file owner (with standard perl modules)
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