[Chandler-dev] [Sum] June 18 - 24

[Katie Capps Parlante]

Build, Release, QA
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*rt additions*
Bear added --testcase as a command line option.
http://lists.osafoundation.org/pipermail/chandler-dev/2007-June/008428.html

Bear updated rt to always run a localized string validation step first, 
only run once. It won't run for a single test or for a performance test, 
but will run for -u and -f.
http://lists.osafoundation.org/pipermail/chandler-dev/2007-June/008429.html

rt will run into errors when run with versions before Python 2.4: you 
may need to upgrade Python on your intel mac. Bear also fixed a problem 
with the localization test on cygwin.
http://lists.osafoundation.org/pipermail/chandler-dev/2007-June/008435.html

John proposed giving better error messages for problems with rt, and 
either make rt run with Chandler's python or eliminate non-obvious 
failures for stock pythons on target platforms. Bear created Bug 9573 to 
track John's suggestions.
http://lists.osafoundation.org/pipermail/chandler-dev/2007-June/008439.html

*rt and Tinderbox*
Bear gave specific information about how Tinderboxes use rt:
http://lists.osafoundation.org/pipermail/chandler-dev/2007-June/008453.html

*Localization Freeze*
Brian Kirsch gave July 9th as the localization freeze date. Before July 
9th, make localizable string changes in the python code. After July 9th, 
make string changes in po files. Any textual changes made in python code 
will be immediately backed out of SVN. (The freeze date allows people to 
work on localizations.)
http://lists.osafoundation.org/pipermail/chandler-dev/2007-June/008450.html

Dev
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*Timezone changes*
Andi created a branch to work on Bug 9508 (index failures after timezone 
change) and related problems. Changing the default timezone globally 
caused indexes with floating events to get out of order. Changes include:
- All static accesses to ICUtzinfo were changed to use view.tzinfo (same 
API)
- A view now persists its default timezone.
- Floating timezone operations delegated to view.tzinfo
- If a view's timezone is changed, a callback is invoked with view and 
timezone as arguments: it needs to invoke reindexing code to make events 
float
- UI view's default timezone is set to system timezone, can be 
overridden with --tz
http://lists.osafoundation.org/pipermail/chandler-dev/2007-June/008432.html

Bryan asked two questions: (1) why does each view need its own timezone? 
  (2) Will views fight over different timezones? An index per timezone?
Andi explained that each view needs to have its own default timezone 
until it commits -- consequences of changing a timezone are not shared 
until refresh. Once a view is refreshed, it will end up with the same 
timezone as the other views.
http://lists.osafoundation.org/pipermail/chandler-dev/2007-June/008434.html

*Quick entry restructuring*
Phil Jones explained that he's reworking quick entry code to make it 
easier to add commands and functionality. Possible approaches:
1) Refactor quick entry code into a separate parcel. Commands would be 
persistent items, installed in a well known location. New parcels create 
persistent command items. Quick entry code would iterate through 
available command items.
2) Use a standard dictionary in a well known location. Add new keys with 
callback function. Similar to (1) but commands are not persistent items.
Phillip Eby responded with feedback on how one might implement both 
approaches (including similar examples and sample code). He recommended 
defining entry points (implementation of #2) or the approach of defining 
a specialized Item class for commands (implementation of #1).
http://lists.osafoundation.org/pipermail/chandler-dev/2007-June/008449.html

Meetings, Announcements
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Grant gave a link to Guido's summary about Python 3000 and Python 2.6:
http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=208549

IRC testing session on desktop deletion and trash features.
http://chandlerproject.org/Projects/TrashAndDeletionTestSpec
http://lists.osafoundation.org/pipermail/chandler-dev/2007-June/008447.html