Re: Fwd: Software Freedom Day

[Sandy Armstrong <sanfordarmstrong gmail com>]

On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 3:52 PM, Sandy Armstrong
<sanfordarmstrong gmail com> wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 3:32 PM, Brian Cameron <brian cameron oracle com> wrote:
>>
>>>> On Mon, 2010-09-13 at 14:48 -0600, Stormy Peters wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>       * Develop software that can replace centralized services and
>>>>>         data storage with distributed software and data deployment,
>>>>>         giving control back to users.
>>>>
>>>> Check.  Users can install their own Snowy instance if they don't want to
>>>> use Tomboy Online, which is GNOME's centralized service.
>>>
>>> As Snowy isn't really a social networking site, and the main point is
>>> to put your existing local data on the web, decentralization is less
>>> applicable (compared to online services where your data is locked into
>>> their servers).
>>
>> Is it possible for users to export their data in some simple standard
>> format (such as comma-separated-value) so that it can be easily
>> exported into other programs (such as a spreadsheet program)?
>
> The JSON standard of the REST API is documented.  But honestly, as
> their data is originating on their local system, and until we
> implement editing it's inconceivable that they could use the service
> without having their notes on their local system, exporting is not a
> very realistic need for our users.
>
> It would not be any trouble to add a link in their preferences
> providing easy download of a JSON representation of all of their
> notes, if that would be the Right Thing to do.  We have libraries in
> C#, Java, and C that know how to parse this for them.

We can continue this discussion (if necessary) in bugzilla:

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=629590

Sandy