[Sugar-devel] [ANNOUNCE] Feature Status

[Walter Bender]

On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 9:10 AM, Gabriel Eirea <geirea at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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
>

The standard practice is to enable both the old and new toolbars. (I
try enable running my activities using the Gnome toolbar as well.) But
inevitably, many new features will find their way into just the new
toolbars.

regards.

-walter


-- 
Walter Bender
Sugar Labs
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