Is my XpTrackerPlugin Installation "Tainted"?

I'm still working on actually getting the XpTrackerPlugin to work with my TWiki installation. Now that I've gotten the plugin to install, I'm on to some runtime errors, two of which I've posted below.

First, there's the missing function reference:

TWiki detected an internal error
please check your TWiki logs and
webserver logs for more information.
Undefined subroutine &TWiki::isWikiName called

That's on line 631 of the XpTrackerPlugin.pm file. I contacted Rafael Alvarez about it, and he made a quick update to the SVN repository, which I downloaded and installed. Now I get a different error:

TWiki detected an internal error - please
check your TWiki logs and webserver logs
for more information.
Insecure dependency in open while running
with -T switch

This seems to indicate some kind of security or trust issue. I thought at first that this might be somehow related to these files being in their own Tracking web, and not integrated with another web, so I created a new web called "Obscure", which I'll use for quietly testing new features like this one. I was hoping that having it in another web would fix it--perhaps there was some permission problem? Unfortunately it did not. I've replied to Mr. Alvarez and I eagerly await his reply.

He said that he was going to update the code in SVN and conduct some more testing over the weekend. I'll be waiting anxiously for the results while he does. I'm really looking forward to using this for working on my software development projects. I also think it might prove useful for the UMWiki project, and the computer science department might find it very useful for running classroom software projects.

What would be great is if we could get some of the folks in Carlson School of Management working on Agile development projects with the folks in Computer Science, so that both sides learn good development methods. The question hinges on whether CSoM knows about Agile Development processes or not. I'm sure if the infrastructure is there for us to easily engage in Agile projects, then more people will give it a try.

Update, 2006-02-06

Eureka! The ever-diligent Rafael Alvarez has checked in a fully-functional revision to SVN. I've installed it on my server and it works as expected. Now I can turn my attention to improving the quality of the templates, fully integrating it with the NatSkinPlugin and working on my software.

I'd like to give a special thanks to Rafael Alvarez for his excellent attention to his users. He actually apologized to me for my trouble when his software didn't work--and it's free software! This is what makes Open Source so special to me--I've nothing but respect and admiration for the man. Thank you, Mr. Alvarez! You do great work.

Hopefully in the future I'll be able to help iron out these kinds of wrinkles in TWiki, instead of merely reporting them.