Re: [Tracker] Roadmap to 0.7

[Michele Mattioni <mattions gmail com>]

On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 10:57 AM, Martyn Russell<martyn lanedo com> wrote:
> On 12/07/09 13:11, Ivan Frade wrote:
> > Hi,
>
> Hi,
>
> > ÂThinking about the future of tracker-search-tool (understand t-s-t as
> > a end-user program), i see only 4 options:
> >
> > a) Kill tracker-search-tool. Focus on the daemon, and let external apps
> > be our UI.
>
> This is not a good idea. People expect some sort of UI to show off what you
> can do with Tracker. Without this people quickly loose interest when trying
> the project out. Not to mention, if we have a UI, we have a tool to test our
> engine with.
>
> The importance of this should not be underestimated at all :)
>
> > b) Quick fix the current t-s-t (modify the code to use sparql and some
> > dirty hacks to keep everything similar).
>
> Well, I would remove the directory and create something new with a new name
> too.
>
> Jamie I would also do this in another branch so we can review it before
> merging to master.
>
> > c) Rewrite t-s-t (probably in a different language) with the same UI.
>
> I personally would elect for Vala since we already use that. I haven't seen
> what Genie is like though so...
>
> I definitely wouldn't do it in C though - might even make sense to use Pygtk
> because it will be fast and demonstrate language compatibility.
>
> > d) Write a brand new t-s-t with a brand new UI that shows how powerful
> > is the daemon.
>
> Well, as I put on the current roadmap, there is currently NO way to control
> Tracker in 0.7 from the UI. The DBus API we have right now has no control at
> all. Carlos and I want to work on a base class for each miner so we can list
> them all in an applet or UI and be able to control them and see the progress
> of each of them. This would also allow the user to pause all or specific
> miners.
>
> > ÂWe have also three "milestones" in tracker in the near future:
> >
> > 1) 0.7.0 release
>
> Right. I want to get this done in the next month or so. I am not sure
> exactly how quickly Jamie can do the UI, but it all hinges on him I think.
> We should have the other parts done by the time the UI is ready.
>
> I would also like to update the website for the release so we have a new
> look there too! People didn't know there was one from my impression at the
> summit.

website wise:
I've create a branch named tracker_0.7 on the gnomeweb-wml repository
to develop the new site.
I've updated the Roadmap also in the wiki with the info.
http://live.gnome.org/Tracker/Roadmap

Design and the Docs and the FAQ are the areas which deserve more love.
[snip]

Cheers,
Michele.