Re: [Gnumed-devel] GNUmed v 0.1 questions

[J Busser]

>  > The 0.1 client (windows binary and debian .deb) references a
> >  non-working database, correct?
> No, which one ? If so it needs to be fixed *ASAP*.

Sorry, my fault. My first loading of GNUmed from v 0.1 under Debian 
Sarge (under KDE) failed to connect, and I misjudged that to be a 
consequence of the death of Carlos' server. There had been mention of 
using an alternate public server, which would not have been coded 
into the 0.1 release... I had not realized that the resurrection of 
the salaam URL has also (subsequently) included resurrection of a 
public database.  I realized that when I tried again.

(I seem to have some trouble making outbound connections from my home 
network e.g. sending mail or connecting to web URLs and had made me 
wonder if there could be an echo somewhere in my system.)

By way of comment to Tim's postulate
At 10:39 AM +1100 12/24/05, Tim Churches wrote:
> By "non-working" I think that Jim may mean "demo" or "test" as opposed
> to "production" i.e. a database where people can store their own data,
> safely. The point is that people may mistakenly think that, having
> installed GNUmed v0.1 or booted teh CD, they are OK to strt entering
> real patient data.

It *could* be possible (but not yet recommended) for people to write 
data locally, with the thought that it might remain usable. I think 
despite the promise that the Knoppix CD "makes no changes" to the 
host computer surely there must be actual caching on the local hard 
drive because the CD would likely be read-only.

I expect it would be remotely possible for someone to download and 
install the GNUmed client and be so dumb as to put actual patient 
information into a database called "Public" in the login screen. 
Maybe it is more a risk if the computer is accessible to someone 
*other* than the doctor or tech support person who installed it. I 
believe all liability would fall to the person who foolishly uploaded 
and entered the data but I suppose a banner is not a bad idea.

Concerning v 0.1, I noticed differences between the Windows and 
Debian / KDE versions, the latter having tabs on the bottom and also 
seeming unable to find Kirk (which the Windows version *could*).

I may have dropped the ball a bit about tracking reports, we had some 
discussion on-list but then the wiki went down, I know some fixes 
have been done after release of the 0.1 binaries. But a few things I 
mention, in addition to the trouble finding Kirk, in case of interest:

At 11:45 PM +0100 12/23/05, Karsten Hilbert wrote:
> We first need information on what makes you think it's
> broken. A log might help.

How about adding under Help menu, an option to open the log file(s)? 
Or is the location hard to map or discover programmatically? Once I 
learn where it is, I could find it and open and email it myself, but 
to make it easy could help others to submit their logs.

Also under Help menu:
- GNUmed contributors seem out of date
- About GNUmed: I like the box and the scrolling credits. The window 
size needs to be a little wider though, for a line of text "Please 
visit..." is chopped off both right and left. Also the list of 
scrolling names was perhaps assembled a long time ago, might be nice 
to at least add Sebastian in there, for release v 0.2! :-)