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+Web Interface:
+==============
+
+Directory Layout:
+-----------------
+./html - DocumentRoot for AUR, where the PHP scripts live.
+./html/css - CSS stylesheets
+./html/images - Any AUR images live here.
+./lib - Supporting PHP include files. Access denied to Apache.
+
+
+Scripts:
+--------
+- lib/funcs.inc
+ This is where we can stick functions that can be shared
+ between the various scripts. Also a good place to put the
+ MySQL authentication variables since it should live outside
+ the DocumentRoot.
+
+- html/login.php (probably index.php)
+ PHP script to handle logging users into the AUR web site. It
+ authenticates using the email address and a password against
+ the Users table. Once authenticated, a session id is generated
+ and stored in the Sessions table and sent as a cookie to the
+ user's browser.
+
+- html/logout.php
+ PHP script to logout. It clears the session id from the
+ Sessions table and unsets the cookie.
+
+- html/account.php
+ PHP script to handle registering for a new account. It prompts
+ the visitor for account information: Email, password, real name,
+ irc nick. The info is recorded in the Users table. Perhaps later,
+ we can add a preferences field that allows the user to request to
+ be notified when new packages are submitted so that they can cast
+ votes for them?
+
+ If a TU is logged into the system, they can edit accounts and set
+ the account type (regular user or TU). If a Dev is logged in, they
+ can also set the account type to Dev. TUs and Devs are able to
+ delete accounts. If an account is deleted, all "Unsupported"
+ packages are orphaned (the Users.ID field in the UnsupportedPackages
+ table is set to Null).
+
+- html/pkgsearch.php
+ PHP script to search the package database. It should support
+ searching by location ("unsupported", "AUR", "extra"), name,
+ category, maintainer, popularity, etc. It should resemble the
+ packages.php script on archlinux.org. A checkbox should be
+ included next to each package to allow users to flag a package
+ out of date.
+
+- html/pkgvote.php
+ The PHP script that handles voting for packages. It works like
+ the search script above to provide a list of packages (maybe by
+ location only?) with a checkbox for the user to register their
+ 'yes' vote. It should probably only list 50-ish packages per page
+ and allow the user to vote a page at a time. Each page contains a
+ 'Continue' button to advance to the next list of packages. At the
+ final page, a summary is presented with a 'Cast Vote' button. Once
+ the vote is cast, the PackageVotes table is first cleared for that
+ User and then all new entries are added for the new vote (this will
+ be easier than trying to figure out if the vote has changed for a
+ particular package).
+
+- html/pkgmgmnt.php
+ The PHP script for managing packages. It provides a list of
+ packages under the management of the logged in user (normal or
+ TU). The user can edit the package information stored in the
+ database such as the description, url, category, and location
+ (a TU can move it to/from "unsupported" and the "AUR"). This
+ is where TUs can adopt packages that are in the "unsupported"
+ area.
+
+- html/pkgsubmit.php
+ This is the PHP script that allows users to upload a new package.
+ The package format will be a tgz containing the PKGBUILD,
+ scriptlets, and patches necessary to build the package from
+ source. Initially, the user submitting the package can select
+ its category (network, devel, etc) but that can be modified
+ later by the adopting TU. The script makes appropriate entries
+ into the database (and perhaps notifies interested users of the
+ new package - see question above).
+
+
+New terms/definitions:
+======================
+TU - No change (trusted by the community, if anyone asks what trust
+ means)
+TUR - renamed to Arch User-community Repo (AUR) (so we can use -u for
+ versions)
+Incoming - renamed to "Unsupported"
+