[Savannah-hackers] savannah.gnu.org: submission of BananaPos

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Al Kingsley <address@hidden> described the package as follows:
License: gpl
Other License: 
Package: BananaPos
System name: bhpos
This package does NOT want to apply for inclusion in the GNU project

My project is a point of sale software system. It comprises of a server, 
client, a few libaries, and a couple of utilities. The server uses the MySql 
database to store information (PLUs - price lookup units, and transactional 
information). The client and utilities are gtkmm based. The client libraries 
cover the hardware associated with POS equipment, viz: keyboard, keylock, 
barcode scanner, magswipe reader, smartcard reader, customer display, receipt 
printer, MICR. The common libraries include config, locale, currency, group, 
and transaction. The server libararies include clientinfo, sql, event, and 
credit card validation. The utilities include a printer definition program and 
a receipt layout program, both read and write in xml format that the libraries 
can read. A server control program. An error server for client monitoring, a 
cash setting program, and a messenger client. The server is multithreaded and 
handles UDP and TCP clients. There is also a multicast channel for sy!
stem messages to the clients. There\\\\\\\'s also several scripts for things 
like: PLU cacheing, transaction storage, and backing up. A start has been made 
on some PHP web pages to administer this end of things.

It already exists in omega (so buggy it has wrapped round from alpha) form and 
you can see it at http://bananahead.com/