=-charsets: the program should operate in UTF-8. This is partially required by libxml2's (and XML's) usage of UTF-8. We want the program's internal charset to be UTF-8 and figure out if we need w_char/whatever to fulfill UTF-8. I don't believe we do... mabye we just need a declaration that al data stored must be in UTF-8 format. -> we need to consider how charsets work when and if issues come up

  *-figure out delete-during-traversal with liblist

  *-after job is complete and verified by the user, tar frames for easy download

  x-Complete testing with interactive test mode

  x-Complete DB testing with php server workaround

  x-resolve conflict between liblist and libmysqlclient

  x-update frame assigner to distribute some frames for lower-priority jobs when there's a higher priority job (Ask LordOfWar if this is implemented in sprocs already(it is))

Slave

  B-UnpackJob() and supporting functions need to work

  E-Add calls to remoteio, once it works or even before it works -> write message API functions and API

  =-Make code more flexible for different types of jobs and operating systems (such as paths, libs, etc)

  =-Add code to allow pausing/resuming of the slave (including a running blender process) -> signal handling (SIGTSTP vs. SIGSTOP), distrenslave_control cmdline interface

  B-Add tmpdir variable (just like the datadir variable) that is compile-time or whatever -> simple API to allow configuration-file override while taking into account defaults set by ./configure

  E-Add error checking and cleaner recursive deletion to delete_jobdata

  =-Upload finished frames' output files while rendering subsequent frames

  x=Add lockout of slaves below a certain version

  x-Add simpleslave with code to work around nonexisting server codebase

  x-Backport SimpleSlave functionality to slave code

Options

  B-Push patch for relative includes in confuse to the confuse developers -- windows/mingw32 testing required first

  ?-Expand execio() to support stderr

  =-Rewrite some stuff, try to make it simpler

  =-Review all confuse interfacing

  x-Move server and client confuse code into their individual files, rather than in the common file. -- note: there wasn't any client code in options.c. There was the ``server'' section. That section is passed multiple times and provides information to remoteio on how to connect to servers

WebInterface

  *-Tarball validation and other checks

          fprintf(stderr,"Data retrieved successfully!\n");

        else if(dlret == 3){

          _web_resetframe(slavekey, password, jobnum, framenum);  // Unassign the frame on the server so other slaves can render it

          return 0; // ouput dir doesn't exist

        }

        else

          if(DEBUG)

            //fprintf(stderr,"Using existing uncompressed data %s...\n", pathtoJobfile);

            fprintf(stderr,"Using existing tarball %s...\n", pathtoTar);

        // Check if tar exists already

        struct stat jbuffer;

        if(jstatus == -1){

          fprintf(stderr,"Main job file does not exist, extracting...\n");

          // If error unpacking tarball

          if(unpackJob(pathtoJob, pathtoTar)){

            _web_resetframe(slavekey, password, jobnum, framenum);  // Unassign the frame on the server so other slaves can render it

            fprintf(stderr,"Extraction failed, exiting.\n");

            return 1;

          }

        }

        /* ignore return because directory may exist already */

  int framenum = 0;

  int slavekey = atoi(username); // @TODO: Make this more friendly

  char *urltoTar;      /* Full URL to the server-side location of job#.tgz */

  char *pathtoTar;     /* Full path to the location of the job#.tgz */

  char *pathtoTardir;

  char *urltoOutput;   /* Full URL where output is posted */

  char *pathtoOutput;  /* Full path to the output (rendered) file */

  char *pathtoOutdir;  /* Full path to output directory */

  char *pathtoRenderOutput;  /* Contains blender framenum placeholder */

  char *pathtoJob;     /* Full path to job data folder */

  char *pathtoJobfile; /* Full path to the job's main file */

  char *outputExt = "jpg";     /* Output Extension (e.g., JPG) */

  int haveWork = 0;

  int quit = 0;

  fprintf(stderr,"\nDistRen Slave Pre-Alpha %s\n- Experimental build: Use at your own risk!\n\n", PACKAGE_VERSION);

  int benchmarkTime = 0;

  int renderPower = 0;

        if(dlret == 0)

          fprintf(stderr,"Data retrieved successfully!\n");

        else if(dlret == 3){

          resetframe(comm_slave, jobnum, framenum);  // Unassign the frame on the server so other slaves can render it

          return 0; // ouput dir doesn't exist

        }

        else

          if(DEBUG)

            fprintf(stderr,"Using existing tarball %s...\n", pathtoTar);

        // Decompress tarball

        struct stat jbuffer;

        if(jstatus == -1){

          if(DEBUG)

            fprintf(stderr,"Main job file does not exist, extracting...\n");

          // If error unpacking tarball

          if(unpackJob(pathtoJob, pathtoTar)){

            resetframe(comm_slave, jobnum, framenum);  // Unassign the frame on the server so other slaves can render it

            fprintf(stderr,"Error decompressing tarball! Exiting.\n");

            return 1;

          }

        }