Re: [gcmd-dev] The roadmap

[Michael]

Piotr:
> Hi folks,
> 
> The best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry...

and gods plans are deep

> The main goals now are:
> 
>         1. tabs
>         2. replacing obsoleted code for GtkCList with GtkTree
>         3. switching from GnomeVFS to gio/gvfs

i'd say gio could be for later versions while 1.2.x could get some minor fixes

    
> Quite surprisingly 1. come to be the easiest one ;o) 

howbout one instance mode ?

>I've already committed some code to the svn repo, and 
> although it's not visible to the user yet, 

ahem

> it's quite promising. As soon as I get it completed, I'll
> release it as 1.2.8 - very likely still in 2008.

That would be great!

> 2. Scheduled for 1.2.9, when implemented - it'll give the support also
> for 'custom columns' (user defined columns containing selected metatags)

very useful
 
> 3. That definitely belongs to gcmd 2.0, although there is no 'pressure'
> for it at present. As gio/gvfs doesn't provide support for more
> protocols than GnomeVFS, there will be no visible changes to the users.
> IMHO it's reasonable to expect it no sooner than in mid 2009.

debian use to promise to release when it is ready, which is always a good idea


> Any suggestions?

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