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[Mike Wilber <wilber@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

OK, here is an update for everyone:

BTranslatorRoster is basically finished. I think there is a memory leak
issue with it, but I don't know how best to deal with that yet.
BTranslatorRoster has a static member variable to store the default
translators, but I don't know when or how I should destroy the static
variable. Be's TranslatorRoster.h has some funky functions and a friend
class listed in its private section, so I'm not sure what they did to
solve the problem.  I'm guessing some other class deletes the static data
in BTranslatorRoster at some point.

So, basically there is only one more class to write: BTranslator. The nice
thing about BTranslator is that it doesn't do much of anything, its an
interface for people to write their own private translators. So, it should
be no problem to implement that class. I'd like to start on it after I get
BTranslatorRoster properly commented and put into CVS.

After that, I plan to go over BBitmapStream, get it as close to the
OpenTracker format as I can, and do some testing.

When all of that is finished, I should be able to make the OpenBeOS
Translation Kit to replace Be's Translation Kit. I'll replace Be's version
and Be's headers on my computer and see if there are any applications that
fail to work properly. After that, maybe I'll figure out how to make it
available so others can easily test the library.

I lost my CVS access when Michael Phipps weeded out the access list. So, I
haven't checked-in my changes yet.

Travis, if you are around, please get me added to the CVS access list. If
you are not around, I'll e-mail Michael Phipps and get it taken care of.

Michael Wilber
wilber@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx