Config file

I've decided to use XML (or a subset of XML) for saving settings to a text file.

Some notes:
- XML is able to save hierarchical information
- Major & minor numbers no longer need to be specified (program should do this automatically)
- Priority for HTB classes does not need to be specified (priority decreases for each additional class)
- Indentation will be ignored and probably not used by the program

Example file:

After looking into the GLib Simple XML Subset Parser, I think it would probably be easier to write my own parser.

Glib

Reading up on GLib and GObjects

IBM tutorial
GLib Reference Manual
GObject Reference Manual

Schedule

Proposed Schedule

• May 28 – June 11

  • Start coding

  • Compile and implement IMQ on Fedora 7

  • Look for additional use cases (e.g. by looking for other implementations of traffic shaping)

  • Work on design of GUI

  • Read up on ncurses API

• June 12 – June 25

  • Finish use case study. Rough drawings of GUI have been made and shown to mentor.

  • Create IMQ rpm package

  • Testing of a basic traffic shaping script with IMQ package under different machines and networks

  • Start coding GUI

  • Look at code from other programs which use ncurses (e.g. bwm, aptitude, etc.).

• June 26 – July 10

  • Complete all non-GUI related functions

• July 11 – July 16

  • Have a rough GUI available for the end of Mid-term evaluation

• July 17 – August 10

  • Program should be completed

• August 11 – August 31

  • Advertise on Fedora forums and try to get beta testers

  • If additional time remains:

    • Add support for ipp2p and l7filter

    • Add CONNMARK support

    • Port tcconf to other distributions