[bt-devel] next steps

[Martin Gruner]

Hi Eeli,

from the user's point of view there is no change by our migration to QT-only. 
And I believe that for the HTML component, it is a rather large task. If we 
put that into the 1.7 basket, it will delay us for months even if we  have 
lots of time for the work.

In my opinion, we should release 1.7 without the need to be QT-only. We can 
improve the migration completeness with the following minor versions of 1.7. 
"Release early, release often" is more important than releasing perfect 
software. I'm not dogmatic here, though. But if you want to have a QT-only 
1.7, we need to talk about a realistic timeframe which is not mid-2009. :D

Gary, what do you think about this matter?

mg

On Sunday 23 November 2008 09:46:26 Eeli Kaikkonen wrote:
> Martin Gruner wrote:
> > Hi Eeli, Gary, Joachim and all others,
> >
> > after a short review of our wiki (after a loooong time) it seems that
> > there is not much left for us to do for the 1.7final release.
> >
> > As you can see at http://devel.bibletime.info/wiki/Main_Page#Projects,
> > there are only a few outstanding bugs that we do need to fix. Eeli, Gary,
> > is there anything else you think we should put into the 1.7 basket as
> > well? If you have nothing to add, we should try to get those bugs fixed
> > and work towards a release as soon as possible. Maybe before Christmas?
> > :D
>
> I was also going to write a post called "next steps" but you got it first
> :)
>
> As I said, I must work with bookshelf and dnd so that we will have
> possibility to copy/move items.
>
> I have marked the "Bookshelf opens two windows" bug closed. However,
> we've got problems. I found out that single/double click is style
> dependend. Just change between Plasma and Oxygen and you'll see. The
> code doesn't work logically - I thought it should work in all cases but
> it didn't. I have to do some heavier changes and I have already started it.
>
> These are the major bugs/features which I'd like to see in the next
> release.  I suggest we release beta3. It would have also:
>     - commentary editor toolbar ported to Qt (Gary; BTW, font list
> doesn't have to have a fancy fontified list - a simple list is enough)
>     - possibly the Search analysis (Gary)
>     - Gary is already working on finishing the Config dialog - how's
> that going?
>
> So there's really not much left for that. The search analysis can be
> done later if needed. The time when these are ready depend mostly on my
> own items, the window opening and the bookmarks list. They require more
> work than just going through the code. If Gary gets his items ready
> before I do we have plenty of smaller bugs and new ideas... The shortcut
> editor is the one I especially miss.
>
> The reason I'd like to see this beta3 is that replacing KHTML is a huge
> job and I wouldn't release 1.7final before it's ready. 1.7 would be free
> from KDE.  We have discussed about this roadmap earlier but I didn't
> find it in my archives. Staying in beta mode doesn't feel very
> motivating but I have given my opinion on that: it's better to say we
> are not ready and still publish than to say we are ready and get
> negative feedback/feelings for not really being ready.
>
> On the KHTML/WebKit: Martin suggested using javascript. Have you looked
> at this any further? I would really appreciate if you could do it.
>
>
>
> --Eeli Kaikkonen
>
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