Re: Some ideas for next version

[Jody Goldberg <jody gnome org>]

On Mon, Nov 29, 2004 at 12:13:29PM +0100, Jean Bréfort wrote:
> - pivot tables (I don't use that so often and I was somewhat surprised,
> but everybody but one asked for them).

This is high on the list.

> - translation of function names as is xl an OOo-calc (this has already
> been discussed).

As soon as we branch we're going to implement the long awaited
function doc separation that would give us the hooks necessary to
implement this.
 
> And much less often:
> - scripting.
This is also high priority.  On par with pivots.

> - 3D graphics.
To my mind there are two types of 3d.
- surface plots : These would potentially be useful
- 3d bar/col/pie ... : I really can not see the allure.  If someone
  wants to write this we would review the patch, but it's not on the
  list of things that seem important.

> - curve fitting in graphs.
This would definitely be nice, along with several other extensions
to the charting engine.

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We tend to keep our working notes in
    http://cvs.gnome.org/viewcvs/gnumeric/BUGS?only_with_tag=MAIN&view=markup
Although it currently focuses on 1.4.1

To your list I'd add
    - RTL text/layout (This is partly done already)
    - persistence for external references
    - the libgoffice split

However, I'd also like to note that we're considering moving to
6 month release cycles.