Gonzalo Diethelm wrote:
Hi Armin, thanks for answering.
the syncengine itself already has almost all the functionality of 0.8X (and even more on some parts). The only things that missing is to make the gui fully working again (ie connect the selectors for the object types to synchronize, filters etc) and the plugins. Another thing that should be done is to implement a new gui that takes advantage of the new features of opensync (it can display the progress for example, allow syncgroups etc). I thought about implementing the new gui in qt4 so we can use the same gui for linux, windows and mac.
Ok; I would probably focus on replicating the current functionality as much as possible, just for stability purposes (but my opinion doesn't really count, at least not until I jump in and help out).
thats a tough question :)* when each connector should become available for 0.9.
the next plugin that should get finished is the syncml plugin. the other plugins are "wid" since either the original authors of the plugins have to port them or someone has to pick up.
Hum... "wid" == "when it's done"? Anyway, here I could probably try and
help (GUIs are not my strong suit anyway); is there any documentation
for how to write or port a plugin? Is there a "dummy" plugin that one
can base a design on?
sure! there is an example plugin here: http://www.opensync.org/browser/trunk/docs/example-plugin
and you can also take a look at the doxygen documentation http://www.opensync.org/docs/
or some of the other plugins: http://www.opensync.org/browser/plugins/
i meant this:
* when multisync will be released as 1.0 (although I may not care much about that, it could be important because of marketing reasons).
once we have a useable gui and the plugins ported i would say.
my roadmap idea was like this:
beta: current status + syncml plugin finished + old gui ported
100% agree, this points the way to replicating current "published" functionality on a strong and well designed foundation.
0.90: current status + syncml plugin finished and everything tested + old gui ported
Ok, so this is basically "go through the beta testing process".
1.0: all plugins + fully working gui
Ok, (my) emphasis on all plugins; what do you exactly mean with "fully working gui"?
"Another thing that should be done is to implement a new gui that takes advantage of the new
features of opensync (it can display the progress for example, allow syncgroups etc). I thought about implementing the new gui in qt4 so we can use the same gui for linux, windows and mac."
any idea how we should approach this?people should not have to use the gui we design but should be able to implement opensync into their application, but with complete access to all plugins and configured groups.
but i dont know if there are such plans already in the evolution camp.
Ok, great, so I did get the idea here.
Maybe it would help multisync if someone could take the time and explain
these issues on the web page: what the plans are, why, what the
shortcomings were on the old (current) version, what is getting fixed in
the new version, what is already done, what is missing, what are some
rough dates for each target, etc. It took me a while, after I had
subscribed to this list, to understand there existed such a thing as
opensync and there were plans for a complete revamping; maybe you could
attract more help by better publicizing the plans.
i didnt publicize too strong yet since the usefullness of opensync is still very limited since the syncml plugin is missing. my idea was to "go public" once we have at least something to show.
But maybe it really is a good idea to start with this now by just telling the people what the idea and the goal of opensync is and the do the same again once we reached the stage where the syncml plugin is working.
Maybe this would work: Start polishing the opensync.org website with the information about opensync so that it is imediatly clear what opensync is and what it does (improve the wiki and the whitepaper etc), then try to get it onto some news sites.
/me thinks we need someone with knowledge in marketing :)
These are my honest thoughts; I hope they are not taken as criticism or complaints, they are not. Thanks for all the hard effort, and best regards.
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