[Sugar-devel] [ANNOUNCE] Feature Status

[Gabriel Eirea]

2010/2/4 Walter Bender <walter.bender at gmail.com>:
> On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 3:06 AM, Simon Schampijer <simon at schampijer.de> wrote:
>> On 02/04/2010 01:38 AM, Walter Bender wrote:
>>>
>>> On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 4:55 PM, Simon Schampijer<simon at schampijer.de>
>>>  wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On 02/03/2010 09:15 PM, Walter Bender wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 1:08 PM, Simon Schampijer<simon at schampijer.de>
>>>>>  wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> today is Feature Freeze [1]! Here is a status on the pending features
>>>>>> [2]:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> *** 3G Support
>>>>>> The 3G Feature has been landed. Some improvements for this Feature are
>>>>>> pending.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> *** Enhanced color selector
>>>>>> The enhanced color selector has seen some design iterations over the
>>>>>> last two weeks. A decision needs to be made which design is picked and
>>>>>> the code needs to be reviewed. We have to work together closely now to
>>>>>> land this.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> *** Write to journal anytime
>>>>>> No patch has been made to try the behavior to display the Journal when
>>>>>> closing for the first time. This looks rather unlikely to land.
>>>>>
>>>>> I have a simple patch that enables the naming alert to be activated
>>>>> from the toolbar at anytime and not automatically activated on stop.
>>>>> Would such a patch be considered for 0.88 and we can revisit for 0.90?
>>>>> (Note that this is a feature that originated in the field.)
>>>>>
>>>>> -walter
>>>>
>>>> I agree, this is as an important issue to solve. What about having a
>>>> button
>>>> going to the Journal detail view of the entry? This is the logical place
>>>> to
>>>> make such additions.
>>>>
>>>> Or how do you like the idea to have an option in the activity toolbar for
>>>> the description [1]? And adding later one for the tags, too?
>>>
>>>
>>> I think this is more than adequate. I would have it be additive rather
>>> than editing the entire description on the toolbar.
>>>
>>> -walter
>>
>> Good point, yeah we can see how we represent that best (maybe someone can
>> generate a mockup).
>>
>> I remember someone had worries about screen size, especially for old-style
>> activities that has only one tab (since we add another button). We have to
>> check for that. For new-style activities it works fine as we have the
>> activity toolbar.
>
>
> Maybe we should hold a marathon weekend of coding to bring all the old
> activities up to date? It would be nice to be able to phase out the
> old toolbar. It is a bounded task.

Sorry, I'm a bit worried about this. Would 0.82 users still be able to
use the activities after "phasing out the old toolbar?

Thank you,

Gabriel