Opie12ReleasePlan

= Opie 1.2 Release Plan =

Outlined below are an initial list of tasks for the next stable release of Opie. As usual, this list is a work in progress. Names have been included where known.

Just some personal notes from me (drw): I personally am taking a realistic approach to this release. There are many features and/or enhancements we all would like to have included, but the simple fact is that we don&#8217;t have enough programmers to do everything. I will be glad to add more tasks to this list, but only if there is someone willing to do the work.

Programming Tasks

 * PIM Backend (zecke, eilers) - DONE (almost. should be ok for 1.2)
 * Performance enhancements
 * OPimRecord, OPimEvent updates
 * Need on the fly import/export for syncing in order to use SQLite
 * Mediaplayer 1/2 fixes (ljp)
 * PIM apps - create consistent menu and tool bars, application captions (drw) - DONE
 * Datebook - due to the amount of coding changes needed I am not converting this before 1.2
 * Icons (ar, drw)
 * create consistent icons (embedded icons in a blue opie-sphere)
 * Package manager (drw)
 * Implement native code for package linking - DONE
 * System Info
 * Syslog tab (mickeyl) - DONE
 * Backup (mickeyl, ar)
 * Image backups - target: DONE, but may be not possible at all due to memory constraints.
 * Show-stopper bugs
 * Sound problems in Familiar
 * iPAQ button problems (including a suspend/resume problem which might be related to the button) in Familiar
 * Letter Picker doesn't work in AddressBook (drw) - DONE, fixed in AddressBook on 3/16
 * Sorting in AddressBook is broken (drw) - DONE, fixed in libopiepim2 on 3/15
 * No Inline-Icons for high resolution systems - images uploaded, but reports of problems in taskbar and other areas - DONE
 * #1563 - Opie-packagemanager has corrupted paths (drw) - DONE
 * OTabWidget - scroll buttons not working correctly (visible in System Info) (drw) - DONE
 * ChangeLog (everyone)
 * Make sure all items have an entry in the ChangeLog (give yourself some credit!)

Translation Tasks

 * Could use some help here, as I don&#8217;t know everything that needs to be done&#8230;

Release Tasks

 * Announcement (drw) - Opie12PressReleaseDraft
 * Distribution list (drw)
 * Opie
 * opie [at] handhelds.org
 * opie-devel [at] handhelds.org
 * Familiar
 * familiar [at] handhelds.org
 * OpenZaurus
 * openzaurus-users [at] lists.sourceforge.net
 * openzaurus-devel [at] lists.sourceforge.net
 * Handhelds.org
 * http://www.handhelds.org/geeklog/submit.php?type=story
 * TuxMobil
 * wehe [at] tuxmobil.org
 * Linux Devices
 * Linux Today
 * Linux Journal
 * ljeditor [at] ssc.com
 * Slashdot
 * CNET
 * Patrick.Houston [at] cnet.com
 * News.com/ZDNet News
 * Jai.Singh [at] cnet.com
 * ZDNet
 * Dan.Farber [at] cnet.com
 * pdaBlast
 * http://www.pdablast.com/mail.html
 * geek.com
 * http://www.geek.com/news/newssubmit.cgi?category=pdageek
 * Infosyncworld
 * submit [at] infosyncworld.com
 * PDAToday/MaximumPDA
 * pdanews [at] maximumpda.com
 * Screenshots for gallery (drw)
 * Create source tar ball and upload to /feed/source/stable - DONE

Release Schedule

 * 1.1.9 - tag on 2/2/2005, to coincide with Familiar 0.8.1 - DONE
 * 1.2.0-rc1 - tag on Sunday, 3/20/2005 - DONE
 * 1.2.0 - tag on Friday, 3/25/2005 - DONE