[bt-devel] Development after 2.0 final

[Gary Holmlund]

Martin Gruner wrote:
> What do y'all think? Anybody against a fixed schedule?
>   
This sounds good to me.
> * Require Sword 1.6.0 and throw away code for older versions.
> * Require QT 4.5 (this will allow to remove boost)
> * Remove boost dependency (patch is already available that does this).
>   
It seems like we should have a goal of getting BT into the standard 
repo's for some of the major releases of linux. Jaunty currently does 
not have Sword 1.6. Perhaps that is happening soon but I don't know 
their plans. Its seems best to keep the code that supports the older 
versions of Sword and Qt and have their use optional.

I think that we should have priority on issues that relate to the 
Windows and Mac ports.

I think there are several opportunities to the usability of the program. 
Here are some that come to mind.

1. Both the Config and Bookshelf Manager are much easier to use after 
you manually increase their height. I know that their current size is so 
that small monitors can be used with them. How about checking the 
monitor height and automatically increasing the height of these if the 
space is available.

2. The Bookshelf Manager initially offers to store new modules in 
/usr/share/sword which is not writable. I know it tells you about this 
after you try to add a module. How about not showing any path that is 
not writable.

3. My son asked me to look at BT from a new users first time startup. I 
erased my .sword and .bibietime directories and tried. When BT comes up 
the Config dialog also opens, under the BT window so you don't see it. 
The new user really does not know what to do next. We really don't need 
the Config dialog coming up. It would be better to have the Bookshelf 
Manager come up so you can add modules. Even better would be to have a 
Greeting Screen that welcomed the new user and explained the first 
couple of steps to the new user. (Add modules and then use the Bookshelf 
window to open one of them). It could then open the Bookshelf Manager 
for them.

Martin, thanks for getting this planning going.

Gary