[Kst] Update release plan ?

[Barth Netterfield]

Good list.  Our priorities have a lot of overlap with this.  As you suspect, 
some things will be done easier w/ QT4, but several can be attacked now.

We hope that starting 'very soon' progress on several of these issues will 
increase dramatically.

cbn

On Thursday 02 November 2006 06:22, Brisset, Nicolas wrote:
> I was just wondering why the list has been so quiet lately (at least in
> terms of commits!) and thought I'd look at the release plan to figure
> out if there was something *big* coming that you'd all be working on :-)
> Well, the least one can say is that the release plan in devel-docs is
> *outdated* ! How about trying to update it ? To get the process started,
> below is my own list of expectations :-)
> I'm not in a position to prioritize, nor to decide what should be done
> now and what should be held back until 2.0/Qt4/KDE4 (for instance
> because it will be much easier there, like possibly efficient datasheet
> view of data, undo/redo framework, etc...) but I'm sure there'll be
> feedback ! So, here we go:
>
> - certainly the number one feature requested by users is undo/redo, but
> as just hinted I suspect it will have to wait until 2.0
> - proper handling of metadata, that is *both* import and integration in
> plots is certainly the most urgent need in my eyes, and I believe it is
> accessible without extensive changes. That was initially expressed in
> bug #109430 "reserved areas/flow-around + list of fields" which is
> probably the most concise presentation of the needs even though it's two
> requests in one bug (I know, that's wrong :-)). Relevant discussions to
> this can also be found in #132954 "can't use metadata in labels" (and
> #120772 "list of strings" which may need to be closed ?). I insist on
> the need to put labels along the sides of the windows without
> interference with plot layout... Possibly #124573 "headers/footers for
> printing" could be linked as well (in an interactive session you have
> access to metadata, which you don't on paper unless it appears there).
> - easy selection of items from long lists (like #104935 "easier search
> for vector names" but extended to all cases/objects where long lists can
> occur, with a case-insensitive substring filter approach)
> - the ability to mask points or work on subsets (bug #110734 "ability to
> mask datapoints...") very conveniently. Even though it had been
> suggested to wait for InterView for that and do it in spreadsheet mode,
> I think a graphical way to select regions/points is *required*
> - the new plugin system that will hopefully allow to group plugins and
> make them more usable (that is not really a new funtion and if I'm not
> mistaken that is what Adam has been working on lately)
> - the ability to save data with plot layout as an option, if possible in
> a compact format :-) But very often data files change content and only
> storing a link to them can cause trouble...
> - some usability improvements for which I'll create bugzilla entries
> soon. They come from an extensive discussion with one user, who
> complained that some things took too long to do in kst and for which we
> found fairly simple "fixes". Stay tuned :-)
> - 3D would certainly be useful as well, but that sounds like a major new
> feature requiring in-depth discussion... So not today !
>
> Thoughts ?
>
> Nicolas
>
> P.S.: I often notice that users tend to ignore some nice kst features. I
> think we should add "tips of the day" like in other KDE apps, with a
> list of the nicest "tricks". It shouldn't be too hard to add, and
> non-developers can easily contribute...