I think I can do B. I'll get a draft into trunk Reinier
On Nov 7, 2007 7:10 PM, Luke Melia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks everyone for the input. It looks like B is the clear winner. > We'll offer Export only for 1.5 and target the thornier import > problem to 2.0. > > If anyone wants to volunteer to cleanup the UI to reflect this, come > forward, otherwise I'll take care of it soon. > > Cheers, > Luke > > On Nov 7, 2007, at 12:55 PM, Simon Rozet wrote: > > > On 11/6/07, Luke Melia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Hi Tracks folks, > >> > >> The current status of the import/export features in the trunk is > >> this: > >> > >> Export to YAML, XML, & CSV is implemented. > >> Import is not implemented. > >> Versioning has not been considered (AFAIK) > >> > >> So, in order to move speedily to a 1.5 release, we need to consider > >> how this feature should ship. Our options, for your input: > >> > >> A) Remove "Import/Export" from the UI. > >> B) Rename "Import/Export" to "Export" and adjust language > >> accordingly. > >> C) Someone volunteers to implement Import and come up with a plan for > >> dealing with versioning of data as Tracks evolves. > >> > >> Thoughts? > > > > What a coincidence! I've started to think about how I may implement > > sync between my little command line GTD apps and Tracks. > > AFAIK, Tracks expose its data through a RESTFul interface so it is > > easily accessible with ActiveResource. But sadly it isn't as easy as I > > first thought. > > > > Anyway from the user's point of view the import/export capabilities is > > a great feature. Being able to easily switch to another Tracks > > provider would be awesome > > But on the implementor's point, this isn't easy. As you've said > > before, what if the schema change? So I think we should indicate > > what's the schema version in the dump so the importer can convert it > > if necessary. > > > > On the other hand, it'd great to make a new release ASAP so I think B > > is the better solution ATM. > > > > My two cents > > > > -- > > Simon Rozet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > _______________________________________________ > Tracks-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.rousette.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/tracks-discuss >
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