[Final Report] Rhythmbox iPod/MTP Syncing

[Paul A Bellamy <paul a bellamy gmail com>]

Hi all,
   Though this is the final day of GSoC, I would like to ask the 
Rhythmbox Community to allow me one more week (since I started a couple 
weeks late).  I would like to continue, testing/debugging and making 
sure my code is as polished, and clean as I possibly can.
   One of the major issues I was working on last week was that, during 
syncing the UI would hang for a few seconds (while the databases were 
compared).  To overcome that I converted the sync function into a 
daisy-chain of g_idle_add functions, and I set the 
rb_media_player_prefs_update_sync function, to be able to be called as 
an idle_cb (to improve UI responsiveness).  However, with that, the way 
that data is passed between them, and state is preserved became a bit 
wonky.  That is one of the things that I would like to spend this week 
cleaning up.
   The other little thing, I would like to fix this week, is to have 
the UI buttons for sync grayed out while it is happening, so that it 
cannot be repeatedly clicked, leading to simultaneous syncs (a very bad 
thing).
   moch: If you need my code in ASAP, I can send it to you, but if 
there is no rush for the release after 0.12.4, then I would like to 
continue working on my code.

Thanks all.  It has been a pleasure working with you, and I look forward 
to continuing to contribute to the Rhythmbox project in the future.

Paul Bellamy