On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 10:57 AM, Martyn Russell<[email protected]> wrote: > On 12/07/09 13:11, Ivan Frade wrote: >> >> Hi, > > Hi, > >> Thinking about the future of tracker-search-tool (understand t-s-t as >> a end-user program), i see only 4 options: >> >> a) Kill tracker-search-tool. Focus on the daemon, and let external apps >> be our UI. > > This is not a good idea. People expect some sort of UI to show off what you > can do with Tracker. Without this people quickly loose interest when trying > the project out. Not to mention, if we have a UI, we have a tool to test our > engine with. > > The importance of this should not be underestimated at all :) > >> b) Quick fix the current t-s-t (modify the code to use sparql and some >> dirty hacks to keep everything similar). > > Well, I would remove the directory and create something new with a new name > too. > > Jamie I would also do this in another branch so we can review it before > merging to master. > >> c) Rewrite t-s-t (probably in a different language) with the same UI. > > I personally would elect for Vala since we already use that. I haven't seen > what Genie is like though so... > > I definitely wouldn't do it in C though - might even make sense to use Pygtk > because it will be fast and demonstrate language compatibility. > >> d) Write a brand new t-s-t with a brand new UI that shows how powerful >> is the daemon. > > Well, as I put on the current roadmap, there is currently NO way to control > Tracker in 0.7 from the UI. The DBus API we have right now has no control at > all. Carlos and I want to work on a base class for each miner so we can list > them all in an applet or UI and be able to control them and see the progress > of each of them. This would also allow the user to pause all or specific > miners. > >> We have also three "milestones" in tracker in the near future: >> >> 1) 0.7.0 release > > Right. I want to get this done in the next month or so. I am not sure > exactly how quickly Jamie can do the UI, but it all hinges on him I think. > We should have the other parts done by the time the UI is ready. > > I would also like to update the website for the release so we have a new > look there too! People didn't know there was one from my impression at the > summit. >
website wise: I've create a branch named tracker_0.7 on the gnomeweb-wml repository to develop the new site. I've updated the Roadmap also in the wiki with the info. http://live.gnome.org/Tracker/Roadmap Design and the Docs and the FAQ are the areas which deserve more love. [snip] Cheers, Michele. _______________________________________________ tracker-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/tracker-list
