On Thu, 1 Nov 2007 08:46:05 -0400 "Hisham Mardam Bey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled:
> > actually no - it was meant to be BOTH a file selector back-end AND a simple > > filemanager. there is no point making 2 of them separate. they do the same > > thing. list files. > > Granted, but if the file manager functionality is going to take a lot > of time to complete we should just put it on hold and work on the bugs > in the TODO. it shouldn't take a tonne of time to complete. though from what you say you are suggesting a freeze to fix bugs - not "finish the TODO" ? > > it is really just these 2 big ones with smaller cleanups that need doing - > > tho default theme cleanup is not a small task BTW - i'm commenting the .edc > > heavily. > > I'm not criticizing how these things are designed or saying they are > "bad" or extra features. I am just saying that as it stands, they need > a good amount of work and have the tendency to grow. We should say > that we want to make them do a, b, and c, and freeze anything else. i agree - the wizard i know i only want certain functionality - it's even modular in and of itself, so we only put the modules in we need. i even have a proposed list of modules we need to do - it's not long. it's in comments in the wizard code. most are simple. i'd be happy to drop some (xrender vs software test and just use software anyway), drop default ibar apps (just ship with a default set anyway - but make that a separate file for the list so it can be customised per distribution), drop the keybindings question and default wallpaper and theme q's - most of the rest are really trivial question pages. it just needs momentum and examples. the fm has more work - but not a lot more. it's so close i don't think it should be all dropped. it's been on the todo forever. after that we have done all major todo items left - the rest are minor things, cleanups, fixing gaps in complete functionality etc. > > the problem is the pace. there are lots of TODO items - most not being > > done. in doing efm and wizard - i am trying to knock of some of the big fat > > items and get them started/going/ to a state of relative health. i agree we > > need to knuckle down on those. the wizard core *i think) is done. its' a > > matter of pages to do the setup. we can make it simple - but we do need it. > > we have enough problems with users asking about empty/blank app menus and > > other things that we need to fix in code on setup (i.e. - find all the xdg > > menus and ask user which one they want etc.). > > So I guess the next move is to *try* and organize this mess and come > up with a rough schedule for things. I know we dont usually do this > kind of thing, but I firmly believe that if we dont set a schedule, > nothing is ever going to be done anytime soon. we can set a schedule - and i will bet we will slip. if we set milestones/tasks and just do those - then we can get it done at a pace that allows that. if you want a schedule from me - i will currently put in 0 hours per week for the next 2 months as an allocation - why? i'm moving countries and who knows what time i will have. in essence those milestones are IN the TODO. i'm removing fm todo items i think can be dropped right now. i've dropped some other items. see cvs commit. -- ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
