On Sun, Mar 18, 2012 at 11:36 AM, Bogdan Marinov <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, Mar 18, 2012 at 1:55 AM, Matthew Gates <[email protected]> wrote: >> Some parts of this blueprint have been written already (e.g. solar >> system editor plugin), but are spread around the app a little. Bogdan >> might have some useful input about that and how it might be integrated >> into a unified extension manager. > > Actually, no, I don't see the Solar System Editor as a part of this at > all. There is quite a lot of work that can be done on it, but unless > we split it as a separate GSOC project, it is not a related issue. > > What could be seen as "already written code" is my "add/remove > landscapes" feature. An add-on manager should include the same > functionality for scripts and sky-cultures at the very least.
And of course, what both me and Matthew forgot is the additional star catalog downloads feature. > There is also a partially implemented feature for displaying various > sets of nebulae/sky images. Parts of its interface are (were?) still > hidden here and there, revealing them may require reverting some code > to previous revisions. There are two problems with it, though: > - as far as I know, the development of this feature (custom nebula > image sets) was abandoned because it was superseded by Fabien's > all-sky mosaics (the DSS, etc.), which is another GSOC task. > - as far as I know, we don't have any alternative image sets, except > perhaps those on Barry Gerdes' website. Creating image sets is hard > and requires quite some effort. > >>> How difficult do you think it will be to implement >> >> Depends on your skill level :) > > Depends also on what are the actual design and objectives. Creating a > basic feature will require only learning a bit of Qt, but I don't > think we should waste GSOC's resources on a glorified "open file" > dialog window... > >> Please set yourself up with a working build environment and have a >> poke around with the app, and data sets for it. I would recommend >> starting with landscapes. > > Yes, this is a good idea. Following the discussion here to find out > what do we want exactly is also a good idea. (I think we need a wiki > page to serve as a more detailed specification/whiteboard. Launchpad's > blueprints are not very good for this one, and none of the team > appears to know how to use them correctly.) > > Regards, > Bogdan Marinov ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF email is sponsosred by: Try Windows Azure free for 90 days Click Here http://p.sf.net/sfu/sfd2d-msazure _______________________________________________ Stellarium-pubdevel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/stellarium-pubdevel
