Build, Release, QA
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*XRC editors*
Morgen proposes that we stop using wxdesigner for XRC dialog editing as
it is proprietary and generates "source" binary files that only it can
read. We'll need to remove .wdr files and rename *_wdr.xrc files to
*.xrc. Morgen asked for recommendations of open source xrc editors.
http://lists.osafoundation.org/pipermail/chandler-dev/2006-August/006640.html
Robin mentioned XRCed and wxGlade.
http://lists.osafoundation.org/pipermail/chandler-dev/2006-August/006643.html
John recommended DialogBlocks. John pointed out that one could use any
tool that imported and exported xrc files.
http://lists.osafoundation.org/pipermail/chandler-dev/2006-August/006644.html
*Monday Aug 21 checkpoint*
Bear's checkpoint:
http://lists.osafoundation.org/pipermail/chandler-dev/2006-August/006645.html
Dan's report:
http://lists.osafoundation.org/pipermail/chandler-dev/2006-August/006653.html
*svn:ignore*
Bear explained that some svn clients (other than the command line
client) don't handle changing svn properties correctly. If you want to
use a tool to alter properties like svn:ignore, work with Bear to make
sure the tool is not causing problems.
http://lists.osafoundation.org/pipermail/chandler-dev/2006-August/006648.html
*i18n*
i18n tests require French and and Spanish language support on the OS.
These are installed by default on XP and OSX but not Linux. Brian gave
steps for setting up Linux so that the tests pass.
http://lists.osafoundation.org/pipermail/chandler-dev/2006-August/006665.html
Intern, SoC projects
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*External Reminders, Memory*
Travis has an implementation of the reminders-as-separate-process idea
-- its up and working. Travis observed that the reminder process chews
up quite a bit of memory, and did a couple of tests/experiments. The
first process to run (reminder app or chandler app) has a big memory
footprint, which is likely problematic if one is only running the
reminder app. He asked some questions: do we question the approach? Do
we care if RAM is cheap? Proposals: (1) stick with Travis' first
approach, despite RAM footprint (2) separate app using native
notification frameworks and repository -- drop wx (3) reminder app
without the repository.
http://wiki.osafoundation.org/bin/view/Projects/TravisVachonExternalReminders
http://wiki.osafoundation.org/bin/view/Journal/ReminderMemoryExperiments20060821
http://lists.osafoundation.org/pipermail/chandler-dev/2006-August/006659.html
Travis experimented further with Pysizer, a summer of code project from
2005 that helps one examine Python memory use. Travis has a branch of
Chandler in his sandbox setup to use Pysizer (requires a full build for
optimal use).
http://wiki.osafoundation.org/bin/view/Projects/ChandlerPysizer
http://lists.osafoundation.org/pipermail/chandler-dev/2006-August/006684.html
*PMTool*
Markku is working on building a project management tool using Bugzilla.
http://wiki.osafoundation.org/bin/view/Projects/BugzillaProjectManagementTool
http://lists.osafoundation.org/pipermail/chandler-dev/2006-August/006682.html
Dev projects
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*Startup option fun*
Heikki proposed using --nocatch as the switch to prevent the feedback
dialog (instead of --stderr). He also proposed not using --stderr by
default in the do_tests and tinderbox scripts. Some folks had concerns
about removing --stderr as an option (not part of the proposal). Heikki
explained that the chandler.log with all traceback info is concatenated
to the tbox log.
http://lists.osafoundation.org/pipermail/chandler-dev/2006-August/006629.html
Heikki proposed getting rid of --prof, which profiles a single commit at
startup. No objections.
http://lists.osafoundation.org/pipermail/chandler-dev/2006-August/006660.html
*Repository*
Andi updated the afterChange method protocol, and updated all
afterChange methods in the codebase (including @schema.observer declared
ones).
http://lists.osafoundation.org/pipermail/chandler-dev/2006-August/006691.html
*Server side backups*
Thread starts here:
http://lists.osafoundation.org/pipermail/chandler-dev/2006-August/006666.html
Jared's summary:
http://lists.osafoundation.org/pipermail/chandler-dev/2006-August/006736.html
Meetings
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Apps team meeting notes and status:
http://wiki.osafoundation.org/bin/view/Journal/AppsMeeting20060824
Platform team meeting notes and status:
http://wiki.osafoundation.org/bin/view/Journal/PlatformMtg20060822
http://lists.osafoundation.org/pipermail/chandler-dev/2006-August/006693.html
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