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         www/beginexp_form.php3 - No initial whitespace in plab Slice Description textarea.
         sql/database-fill.sql - Use default:fulltext for 'experiments','expt_name'
             to allow multi-line Slice Description in plab_ez->beginexp->batchexp.
         www/moduserinfo.php3 - Pass null string for optional usr_addr2 and notes fields.
         backend/moduserinfo.in - Null string attr comes from XML as an undef value.
         db/User.pm.in - Distinguish between undef and null string in ModUserInfo.

     www/newimageid_ez.php3 - The reworked PHP page.  Calls Image::NewImageId with ez=1.
     www/newimageid.php3 - Call Image::NewImageId with ez=0.
     www/imageid_defs.php - Re-use the Image::NewImageId class method, adding an 'ez' arg.
     backend/{newimageid_ez,GNUmakefile}.in configure configure.in - New backend script.
         After checks, calls OSinfo->Create and Image->Create with the same XML args array.
     db/Image.pm.in - Re-use the Image->Create method, adding an imageid over-ride arg.
     db/OSinfo.pm.in - Filter out extraneous db slot args from XML in the Create method.
     db/libdb.pm.in - Add TB_{OS,IMAGE}ID_* constants from dbdefs.php3 .
     sql/database-fill.sql - Add OS entries to the table_regex 'images' pattern set.

     www/editgroup.php3 - The reworked PHP page.
     www/editgroup_form.php3 - Removed, form merged into editgroup.php3 .
     www/showgroup.php3 - Link to editgroup.php3, rather than editgroup_form.php3 .
     www/group_defs.php - Add an Image::EditGroup class method
                            bridging to the script via XML.
     backend/{editgroup,GNUmakefile}.in configure configure.in - New backend script.
     db/Group.pm.in - Add an EditGroup worker class method for script arg checking.
                      Also the missing NonMemberList and CheckTrustConsistency methods,
                      and a GETTRUST flag to MemberList, as in the PHP version.
     db/User.pm.in - Add the missing but tiny {Set,Get}TempData methods.
     sql/database-fill.sql - Add gid_idx to the table_regex 'groups' checking patterns.

     www/newimageid.php3 - The reworked PHP page.
     www/imageid_defs.php - Add an Image::NewImageId class method
                            bridging to the script via XML.
     backend/{newimageid,GNUmakefile}.in configure configure.in - New backend script.
     db/Image.pm.in - Add a Create class method for script arg checking.
     sql/database-fill.sql - Add to the table_regex 'images' checking patterns.

     www/editsitevars.php3 - The reworked PHP page, including
       a SetSiteVar function bridging to the script via XML.
     backend/{editsitevars,GNUmakefile}.in configure configure.in - New backend script.
     sql/database-fill.sql - Add table_regex 'sitevariables' checking patterns.

Enumerate the boolean slots of the node_types table in table_regex.  Use it in editnodetype.in, plus a little fix for new_type checking.

       Note: new_node attributes have not yet been converted from
       names for osid's and imageid's to new-style integer indices.
     www/editnodetype.php3 - The reworked PHP page, including
       an EditNodeType function bridging to the script via XML.
     backend/{editnodetype,GNUmakefile}.in configure configure.in - New backend script,
       including wildcarding on %xmlfields table entries to handle dynamic attributes.
     sql/database-fill.sql - Add table_regex 'node_types' checking patterns.

     www/editimageid.php3 - The reworked PHP page.
     www/imageid_defs.php - Add an Experiment::EditImageid class method
                            bridging to the script via XML.
     backend/{editimageid,GNUmakefile}.in configure configure.in - New backend script.
     db/Image.pm.in - Add an EditImageid worker class method for script arg checking.
     sql/database-fill.sql - Add to the table_regex 'images' checking patterns.

     www/editexp.php3 - The reworked PHP page.
     backend/{editexp,GNUmakefile}.in configure configure.in - New backend script.
     www/experiment_defs.php - Add an Experiment::EditExp class method
                               bridging to the script via XML.
     db/Experiment.pm.in - Add an EditExp worker class method for script arg checking,
                           And a missing description method.
     sql/database-fill.sql - Add to the table_regex 'experiments' checking patterns.

     www/newmmlist.php3 - The reworked PHP page.
     backend/{newmmlist,GNUmakefile}.in configure configure.in - New backend script.
     sql/database-fill.sql - Add table_regex 'mailman_lists' checking patterns.

     www/newgroup.php3 - The reworked PHP page.
     www/newgroup_form.php3 - Removed, form merged into newgroup.php3 .
     www/group_defs.php - Add a Group::Create method bridging to the script via XML.
     www/showproject.php3 - Link to newgroup.php3, rather than newgroup_form.php3 .
     configure configure.in  - Add the newgroup backend script.
     backend/{newgroup,GNUmakefile}.in - Add the Perl script.
     db/Group.pm.in - Update the AccessCheck method to allow TB_PROJECT_LEADGROUP.
     sql/database-fill.sql - Add table_regex 'groups' checking patterns.

 GNUmakefile.in configure configure.in  - Add the testbed/backend directory.
 www/moduserinfo.php3 - The reworked PHP page.
 www/user_defs.php - Add a ModUserInfo method bridging to the script via XML,
     and remove the ChangeProfile method that is being replaced.
 backend/{moduserinfo,GNUmakefile}.in - Add the Perl script.
 db/User.pm.in - Add a ModUserInfo worker class method for script arg checking.
     Also SetUserInterface, SetWindowsPassword, and AccessCheck methods,
     and a copy of the escapeshellarg fn.
 sql/database-fill.sql - Add some to the table_regex 'users' checking patterns.

Support stuff:
 account/tbacct.in - Update the UpdateWindowsPassword() function.
 db/libdb.pm.in - Add TBDB_USER_INTERFACE_EMULAB and TBDB_USER_INTERFACE_PLAB().
 tbsetup/libtestbed.pm.in - Add TB*EMAIL, TBMAIL_* vars (OPS, WWW, AUDIT).

form processing to be done.

The gist is that I have moved all of the data checking and DB work to
the backend into a new script called utils/newosid. This script does
all the field checking that used to be done in php. It takes a simple
XML file as input and returns a set of strings to format as errors (if
there are any).

The overall goal to make a big push to move this code out of PHP and
perl.  A nice side effect is that many operations that are current
only available via the web interface will also become available
command line (and also XMLRPC with a little moew work).