Compiling and installing Digger on an HP system running HPUX proved quite problematic. Even now, it is not clear that the installation is entirely functional. Since Digger was developed with strict ANSI C, cross platform compilation should have been a very simple matter. This is a surmountable problem, but it does present a barrier to the continued participation of the other UC campuses, which are not dedicating the same level of resources and support to the project as UC Davis. Next Steps UC Davis has obtained source code for the alpha version of Digger 2.0 and is in the process of building a test database .
Preliminary results are encouraging.
UC Davis will also continue to request data from other campuses in the UC system. As that data is made available, Davis will convert that data to the proper format for insertion into a Digger server. No other activities are contemplated until Bunyip delivers a version of the server software that meets the basic criteria noted above. However, expenditures for equipment represent more than half of the expenses incurred. As more staff time is devoted to the project the cost sharing will balance out.