Vincent Massol wrote:
> On Sep 17, 2008, at 11:31 AM, Marius Dumitru Florea wrote:
> 
>> My previous mail was too short so now I'm adding the details. The
>> following WYSIWYG issues are still open:
>>
>> * Heading doesn't work in IE6/7.
>> * Insert Symbol doesn't work in IE6/7.
>> * The dialog fills the entire width of the page in IE6.
>> * Return doesn't generate a new paragraph in Firefox.
>> * Text inside tags like strong or em is displayed correctly in the
>> editor's text area but the tool bar is not synchronized in Firefox.  
>> This
>> usually happens when switching from wiki to wysiwyg mode.
>> * The editor is not very responsive while typing: I finish typing and
>> the letters are not yet displayed (I experience this is most of the
>> browsers).
>>
>> I think these issues should be fixed before 1.6RC1. I need two days to
>> work on them. That leaves me one day, Friday, and maybe the weekend to
>> add a few new features. The easiest one to add is Insert Link. Other
>> candidates are: monospace and definition lists. The only good part is
>> that the thing needed for fixing the above mentioned issues will  
>> help me
>> implement the candidate features.
>>
>> So I think is better to do the release on Monday, 22th.
> 
> +1 from me for postponing to 22nd. It's important we get the new  
> WYSIWYG in a working state. I'd suggest you don't add new features but  
> work only on bug fixes and on tests.
> 
> Having automated tests is critical IMO since otherwise we'll always  
> get regressions and we want a strong WYSIWYG editor (since this is the  
> main reason for rewriting it - our current one being...  
> "stubborn" ;)). So not only we need tests but you also need to work on  
> ensuring that our CI runs on different browsers: IE6, IE7, FF2, FF3.  
> Jean-Vincent and Raffaello can help you on this.
> 
> Since this was not done previously you'll need some time so I suggest  
> you start working on this immediately when 1.7 starts and only add new  
> features when you have your test setup in place.
> 
> WDYT?

I fully agree. I will close the remaining bugs till Monday. As soon as 
I'm done I'll start integrating Selenium and writing Selenium tests. I 
also have to write more unit tests.

> 
> Thanks
> -Vincent
> 
>> Marius Dumitru Florea wrote:
>>> We still have to work for the insert link and insert image  
>>> features. We
>>> hope to finish them tomorrow but even so we'll need one day more to  
>>> test
>>>   them carefully.
>>>
>>> 17th in the afternoon or 18th in the morning should be fine.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Marius
>>>
>>> Vincent Massol wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> The date for releasing XE 1.6RC1 is today. However we are late on
>>>> several points: new WYSIWYG, new rendering, maybe others. So we need
>>>> to all together list what remains and when it can be finished.
>>>> The deadline we had planned for the final 1.6 release was 22nd of
>>>> September. We should still strive to release it at that date as much
>>>> as possible.
>>>>
>>>> What I'm asking all committers here is to list the pending issues  
>>>> they
>>>> have and when the can have it finished. Please list only critical
>>>> things that have to go in the 1.6 release.
>>>>
>>>> I'm starting on the new rendering. What I have left:
>>>> * Fix the nested list problem in wikimodel: 
>>>> http://code.google.com/p/wikimodel/issues/detail?id=22
>>>> * Document the new syntax
>>>> * Fix problem of < and > in HTML Cleaner, see 
>>>> http://jira.xwiki.org/jira/browse/XWIKI-2669
>>>> * Change the syntax for italics: // instead of ~~
>>>> * Change the syntax for headers: == instead of 1[.1]*
>>>>
>>>> I should be able to have this done by Wednesday the 17th.
>>>>
>>>> What about others?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>> -Vincent
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