TODO

Fri, 29 Apr 2005 21:51:46 +0000

author
Gary Kramlich <grim@reaperworld.com>
date
Fri, 29 Apr 2005 21:51:46 +0000
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i think this was what Luke meant..

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1 * conversation api {{{
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2 * need to handle: {{{
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3 * unnamed chats
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4 * chats with the same name as a buddy
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5 * jabber Messages (one off messages vrs a conversation with a backlog)
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6 * multiple conversations with a single buddy (jabber, with thread tag)
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7 * bugs
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8 }}}
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9 * notes: {{{
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10 * (12:58:39) Robot101: user list always|auto|never
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11 * topic only where supported by the protocol
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12 * how do we log this? {{{
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13 * rlaager's proposal: {{{
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14 * the goal of logging is to be able to find something again.
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15 * you expect to see the logs for a person IF they are in that conversation
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16 * you don't really need to see the log of a chat before or after said person joined it
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17 *if you did, you'd be looking at some other person(s)'s log
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18 * so:
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19 * each conversation has 1 or more logs associated with it.
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20 * when someone joins, a new log is opened to log everything that happens in the
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21 conversation, but to that person's logs.
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22 * when someone parts, that one persons' log is closed
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23 * this causes some duplication, the way to avoid this would be to close everyone's
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24 log on a join/part and use a new file. we could then use links of some sort (hard
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25 or soft) to "put" that one file in each user's directory. but this would
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26 needlessly split the logs of someone who had been there all along. I think this
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27 duplication is acceptable.
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28 * this would not solve the problem of chats with the same name as a buddy.
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29 }}}
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30 }}}
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31 }}}
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32 }}}
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33 * buddy list {{{
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34 * we have not committed any gobjectification, so this is not a blocker for 2.0.0 until we do.
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35 * if we do, it is only a blocker to the extent that gaim needs to run. That is, we do not
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36 *necessarily* have to gobjectifiy everything as long as we preserve functionality.
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37 * That being said, my understanding of the signals mess says that it is probly more work to
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38 try to do this in stages than to start it or not start it.
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39 * This would require some sort of signal aggregation, as gobject signals are unique to the instance.
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40 * one way to do this would be to emit the signals from a non-descript buddy object. this would
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41 most closely mimic the current functionality
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42 * a second way would be to actually try to aggregate them in some way. I really don't know how
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43 possible this is, but it would allow us to do things like set a pounce on everyone in a group
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44 or define sounds on a per-group basis.
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45 * we could look at replacing the UI ops with signals/call backs
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46 * bugs
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47 }}}
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48 * build targets {{{
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49 * this is not a blocker
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50 * we need build targets for libgaim, we need to test them, and make sure they work.
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51 * we ought to use our own build targets to build the executable itself.
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52 * due to the limitations of cvs, this cannot accompany moving files to other directories at this time.
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53 }}}
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54 * status {{{
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55 * Sean's segment of the UI needs to be finished. We need to have support for the (new) default case
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56 of one global status at all times. we currently do not, unless that happens to be "online/present"
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57 * Tim's modifications to Sean's ui should be included to allow exceptions. refer to gaim-devel
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58 archives for this.
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59 }}}
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60 * account editor {{{
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61 * this is not a blocker for 2.0.0
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62 * account editor is not intuitive, users do not find it.
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63 * Luke: my temptation is to get rid of this entirely, in favor of deryni's account menu. {{{
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64 * at this point, tools->accounts is only used for add/delete account, modify account, and
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65 enable account.
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66 * most users do not have the 15+ accounts that some gaim developers do. a menu scales well for
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67 anything from 2 to n, n "small" accounts.
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68 * this would allow ready access to the buddy icon stuff, and account actions could go here
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69 * status is handled as per the new api, status stuff need not go here beyond enabled.
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70 * the account modify dialog is already too big. this would let us split it, for instance
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71 buddy icon need not be in it this way. Similarly, alias need not be in it.
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72 }}}
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73 }}}
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74 * Privacy {{{
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75 * this is not a blocker for 2.0.0
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76 * Privacy sucks. it doesn't handle many of the protocols in a way that users understand. notably
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77 msn, but also yahoo, jabber, and icq.
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78 * We want to sync to the server as much as possible, entirely local-only privacy is not an option
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79 except on protocols like irc that have no server-side.
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80 * We want to be as consistent across protocols as possible. this will require renaming things on
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81 some protocols.
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82 * Bleeter suggests that we create a privacy.xml, remove privacy from blist.xml. He suggests
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83 that each protocol define certain capabilities & defaults, with accounts.xml holding exceptions
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84 to the defaults.
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85 }}}
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86 * Perl {{{
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87 * Update to match as much as possible of the C api
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88 * Block for 2.0.0 or remove perl:
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89 * Test each call to make sure it actually works
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90 * Make it work with G_MODULE_BIND_LOCAL
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91 }}}

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