owlps/TODO

* Global

- Add option dump-configuration (displays the config & exits).
- Makefiles:
   ° Translate comments & help.
   ° Merge Makefile and Makefile_atheros*. Use template makefiles,
   autohell, cmake…?
- Use string for network exchanges?
- Mark arguments as const in function headers if needed
   Mostly done in the owlps-positioning C++ code (should check that),
   but not constantly in C modules.
   [Done in libowlps & libowlps-client.]
- Allow to use hostnames instead of IP addresses in all modules
   getaddrinfo(3) (or gethostbyname(3)) should be used when opening
   sockets in libowlps, then string buffer size have to be adapted in
   all modules to be able to contain a long hostname.
- Use struct ether_addr to store MAC addresses?
   We could use the struct ether_addr to store binary MAC addresses,
   and convert them to strings with ether_ntoa() instead of
   owl_mac_bytes_to_string(). See ether_aton(3).


* libowlps

- Currently unused functions:
   ° owl_timestamp_is_null()


* Aggregator

- -o should be optional.
- Add an option to (not) flush the output file.
- Refactor:
   ° monitor_requests()
   ° got_request()
- inet_ntoa() is not secure with threads
   (But it is currently used by only one thread.) Use inet_ntop()
   instead?
- Use the type of a request to identify it?
   (along with the mobile MAC address and the request time)
- got_request(): option for the maximal difference time
   For implicit packets, we consider that packets from the same MAC
   and received within an interval of 10ms are part of the same
   request. We should define an option to allow user to choose the
   time he wants.


* Listener

- Refactor and review read_packet().
- Handle better the configuration file reading
   Get rid of the "Cannot open configuration file" error, in quiet
   mode and when the default configuration file has to be used (no
   file specified by the user with -f).
- Listen for autocalibration requests without sending requests?
- read_packet(): use ieee80211_header_size for all implicit packets
   Currently the size is corrected only for data packets.


* Client

- Handle signals.
- Add verbose & quiet options.
- Log sent requests?
- Allow to use a string for the direction?
   Could be nice, but probably useless.


* Positioning

- Has its own fat TODO file, which I could merge in here.
Create a global TODO file Most of the local TODO files are merged into the new root TODO. 2011-03-10 20:55:31 +01:00			`* Global`

Update TODOs 2011-07-29 22:26:38 +02:00			`- Add option dump-configuration (displays the config & exits).`
Update TODOs 2011-05-03 13:53:33 +02:00			`- Makefiles:`
			`° Translate comments & help.`
Update TODOs 2011-07-29 22:26:38 +02:00			`° Merge Makefile and Makefile_atheros*. Use template makefiles,`
			`autohell, cmake…?`
Update TODO 2011-03-16 16:53:55 +01:00			`- Use string for network exchanges?`
Create a global TODO file Most of the local TODO files are merged into the new root TODO. 2011-03-10 20:55:31 +01:00			`- Mark arguments as const in function headers if needed`
Update TODOs 2011-07-29 22:26:38 +02:00			`Mostly done in the owlps-positioning C++ code (should check that),`
			`but not constantly in C modules.`
Update TODOs 2011-06-08 10:56:14 +02:00			`[Done in libowlps & libowlps-client.]`
Update TODOs 2011-04-07 10:18:06 +02:00			`- Allow to use hostnames instead of IP addresses in all modules`
			`getaddrinfo(3) (or gethostbyname(3)) should be used when opening`
			`sockets in libowlps, then string buffer size have to be adapted in`
			`all modules to be able to contain a long hostname.`
[lib] mac_bytes_to_string(): do not malloc anymore owl_mac_bytes_to_string() now uses a static buffer, so the caller do not need to free the returned buffer manually. Because of this static buffer, it is not thread-safe anymore, therefore we introduce owl_mac_bytes_to_string_r() that is a thread-safe version. 2011-03-25 10:16:41 +01:00			`- Use struct ether_addr to store MAC addresses?`
			`We could use the struct ether_addr to store binary MAC addresses,`
			`and convert them to strings with ether_ntoa() instead of`
			`owl_mac_bytes_to_string(). See ether_aton(3).`
Create a global TODO file Most of the local TODO files are merged into the new root TODO. 2011-03-10 20:55:31 +01:00

Handle request type in Listener & Aggregator The listener now sends the request type to the aggregator. The aggregator writes it to the CSV file and transmit it to the positioning server. 2011-03-25 17:20:18 +01:00			`* libowlps`

Update TODOs 2011-04-07 10:18:06 +02:00			`- Currently unused functions:`
			`° owl_timestamp_is_null()`
Handle request type in Listener & Aggregator The listener now sends the request type to the aggregator. The aggregator writes it to the CSV file and transmit it to the positioning server. 2011-03-25 17:20:18 +01:00

Create a global TODO file Most of the local TODO files are merged into the new root TODO. 2011-03-10 20:55:31 +01:00			`* Aggregator`

Update TODOs 2011-07-29 22:26:38 +02:00			`- -o should be optional.`
			`- Add an option to (not) flush the output file.`
			`- Refactor:`
			`° monitor_requests()`
			`° got_request()`
Update TODOs 2011-06-08 10:56:14 +02:00			`- inet_ntoa() is not secure with threads`
			`(But it is currently used by only one thread.) Use inet_ntop()`
			`instead?`
Handle request type in Listener & Aggregator The listener now sends the request type to the aggregator. The aggregator writes it to the CSV file and transmit it to the positioning server. 2011-03-25 17:20:18 +01:00			`- Use the type of a request to identify it?`
			`(along with the mobile MAC address and the request time)`
[Aggregator] Use owl_timestamp_equals() 2011-03-25 10:39:02 +01:00			`- got_request(): option for the maximal difference time`
Update TODOs 2011-06-08 10:56:14 +02:00			`For implicit packets, we consider that packets from the same MAC`
			`and received within an interval of 10ms are part of the same`
[Aggregator] Use owl_timestamp_equals() 2011-03-25 10:39:02 +01:00			`request. We should define an option to allow user to choose the`
			`time he wants.`
Create a global TODO file Most of the local TODO files are merged into the new root TODO. 2011-03-10 20:55:31 +01:00

			`* Listener`

Update TODOs 2011-04-07 10:18:06 +02:00			`- Refactor and review read_packet().`
Update TODOs 2011-07-29 22:26:38 +02:00			`- Handle better the configuration file reading`
			`Get rid of the "Cannot open configuration file" error, in quiet`
			`mode and when the default configuration file has to be used (no`
			`file specified by the user with -f).`
Update TODOs 2011-04-07 10:18:06 +02:00			`- Listen for autocalibration requests without sending requests?`
Create a global TODO file Most of the local TODO files are merged into the new root TODO. 2011-03-10 20:55:31 +01:00			`- read_packet(): use ieee80211_header_size for all implicit packets`
			`Currently the size is corrected only for data packets.`


			`* Client`

Update TODOs 2011-07-29 22:26:38 +02:00			`- Handle signals.`
			`- Add verbose & quiet options.`
			`- Log sent requests?`
Update TODOs 2011-04-07 10:18:06 +02:00			`- Allow to use a string for the direction?`
Create a global TODO file Most of the local TODO files are merged into the new root TODO. 2011-03-10 20:55:31 +01:00			`Could be nice, but probably useless.`


			`* Positioning`

Update TODOs 2011-07-29 22:26:38 +02:00			`- Has its own fat TODO file, which I could merge in here.`