[bt-devel] 2 tasks

[fred]

I think the usual process is to not bite off too big a chunk of work at one time.  With a limited pool of
developers, the main thing that working on two much at once does is delay the next release.

We should make a list of all of the ideas we have for improvements, and sort this into which release we will
try to have them ready for.

For example assuming martin's order was decided to be the best, we might do things in this order.

Version    Change description
1.0             Now
1.1             Install mgr and associated docs
1.2             minor changes to presenter.
2.0            new display space
2.1            full unicode support
2.2           Automatic installation of fonts required for modules

It just striles me that the new display would qualify as a really major improvement or change and should be
expected to take some time.

Sourceforge recommends that projects release often to keep users interested in what developers are doing.

mg.pub@gmx.net wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> since cvs is open again and 1.1 development can start now I
> want to discuss an important issue with you.
> In
> http://sourceforge.net/pm/task.php?func=detailtask&project_task_id=33121&group_id=954&group_project_id=10196
> and
> http://sourceforge.net/pm/task.php?func=detailtask&project_task_id=33120&group_id=954&group_project_id=10196
> Joachim made 2 suggestions regarding a new display and workspace
> structure of BT.
>
> In my personal opinion we should not always try to restructure BT with
> every new upcoming release. The workspace we have now is quite good
> and can still be enhanced. But I vote against a new concept like in
> konqueror. We can for example provide "tile now" and "cascade now"
> buttons...
>
> Creating a new display will not be easy. This is something that might be
> useful,
> but is not what we should concentrate on now - unless somebody has
> experience with this kind of thing...
> What we could do: use the existing display, put away the red highlighting of
> the current verse. Whenever a new verse in the current chapter is requested
> just jump to the verse's anchor without rebuilding the page. Is much easier
> than rewriting the whole widget which must support unicode and bidi and
> editing...
>
> We should now concentrate on new features like the installmgr and making
> what we have more usable and intuitive. We should keep these 2 big tasks
> for later.
>
> What do you think?
>
> Martin
>
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