Hi, On Wed, 2007-12-05 at 15:32 +0000, Jonny Lamb wrote: > Hi everyone. > > A fairly long email with some various thoughts on several things. This > is meant to spark up discussion, so please do reply! > > 0.11 > ==== > > I think this needs to be released pretty soon. However, there are some > things that need to be sorted first: > > * Documentation -- yes this is the obvious one. Nothing really to say > about this.
Like i offered several weeks ago, i am more then willing to take this task upon me, all i need are some guidelines as to what system you want to use for this. (PDF? Docbook? simple html?) Also, i'll probably bug you guys every now & then when i need info on the various parts ;) > * Various fixes -- known bugs in the software that don't require a > whole new rewrite should really be fixed before the release. Please > can you all reply with problems that spring to mind when I speak > about this, so I can keep track of the progress. The only real problem i'm aware of is that support for pre-WM5 devices is limited to say the least, i understand none of the developers have these devices, but again, i offer my support in this area in away way i can. > Rather a general "what needs to be done" list. Please do reply with > specifics! I suppose I'm suggesting we put in a freeze now and > concentrate on bugs, for the release. The following things come to mind: - Ease of use: as it is right now, synce isn't the most userfriendly thing out there, improving the documentation here would improve the situation alot. - As i understand it, several things still require elevated rights, it would be best if this could be avoided/reduced? Ignore this if this is already done ;) - Features: Syncing PIM, mail, browser favourites, folders, files, the more things that can be synced consistently, the better, again, i am unaware of the state of syncing with WM5+ devices > 0.10.0 to 0.11 (There's no point in an extra ".0" in "0.11" as there's > not going to be a "0.11.1" -- "0.10.0" was perhaps a little optimistic!) > isn't going to be the biggest update ever, but there are several nice > new features or fixes. Things that come to my mind now: > > * Samsung SC* phones fixed with usb-rndis-lite. > * odccm now supports legacy devices. > * WM6 support. > * Various other fixes in SyncEngine. > > Again, please fill the gaps here. > > I think a new release will be very good for the project. It will provide > milestones that will be acceptable and doable for developers. It will > show SynCE as still being active and the new docs will make the project > more usable. The docs are currently what is stopping me pursuing > actually getting packages into Debian (and then perhaps Ubuntu), so that > would be started again. Seems like a good idea > Further goals > ============= > > After 0.11 there will be some other features and fixes that will be > worth investing time in. Two I can think of now are: > > * Simplifying the installation process, significantly. > * Removing the libwbxml dependency. What are the current pitfalls in installation *EXCEPT* the documentation? If feasable, why not do this now? > If you have any other ideas, please state them here. If the idea has not > previously been aired, please give some information about it. > > Other talking points > ==================== > > vdccm: It seems to me that the only advantage of vdccm is its multiple > device support. Therefore, I am suggesting dropping vdccm as a proper > SynCE module. I'm not saying it should be deleted from SVN, but just > left out of releases. Thoughts? The current state, where there is dccm (that's depricated iirc?), vdccm and odccm does add to the confusion, going ahead with only one of them makes sense. With kind regards, ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php _______________________________________________ SynCE-Devel mailing list SynCE-Devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/synce-devel
