Re: The central connecting point (was: Re: 0.93-pre1 is out!)

[Lars Clausen <lars raeder dk>]

On Sun, 2004-03-21 at 01:26, Philippe Biondi wrote:
> On Sat, 20 Mar 2004, Lars Clausen wrote:
>
> > On Sat, 2004-03-20 at 18:26, Philippe Biondi wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > On Sat, 20 Mar 2004, Lars Clausen wrote:
> > >
> > > > This time, if anyone feel like doing real development during the release
> > > > process, we shall make a 0.94-devel branch.
> > >
> > > When (in time) do you think the following improvement would be ready :
> > >
> > > The central connection point :
> > > - each object has, by default, a central connection point
> > >   ==> any image can be imported as is and can be used quite decently
> > > - this central CP can be used to connect as many lines as needed
> > >   ==> this resolve the lack of CP for some objects, or for
> > >       exceptionnal cases where you need 50 connections to the same object
> > > - the line can be either :
> > >   + cut in real time to its intersection with the bounding shape
> > >   + or overlayed by the image (we can see it reach the center through
> > >     transparent parts of the image)
> > >   First solution has a better rendering, but I'm not against the second
> > >   as a prototype.
> > >
> > > I'd really enjoy to see this feature quickly get in, because I think it
> > > could help dia become a killer app in network admin teams : I've
> > > experienced the magic combination : snmp+python+graphviz+dia, and this
> > > point is the only thing missing for automatic network discovery and
> > > representation.
> >
> > Obviously not in 0.93, but it's one of the things I would like to do
> > next.  I'm not adverse to patches, of course.  I'd like to do object
> > highlighting first, though, so that you can see what object is being
> > targetted.
>
> Great ! I'm waiting for that impatiently :)
> Do you have an idea on how many weeks it may take ? (I've no idea about
> the time between two dia releases)

Time between Dia releases is currently about half a year.  I'm hoping to
cut it down by having a parallel development branch while making a
release and by streamlining various processes.  Help of course is always
appreciated.

-Lars