notes on dev platform 0.6

will migrate to DeveloperPlatformProject... informed by Ted's notes: TedLeung20050413

high level goals

• support usable calendar features
• improve developer/qa productivity
• enable parcel developer to extend chandler at well defined points without someone from osaf in the room

projects

• performance improvements (usable calendar, dev productivity)
  • support 3000 item calendar
  • ui response time of < .1 sec for operations not requiring network access
  • hardware targets: consumer machines circa 2003
  • targets for mail and sharing?
• schema python api (dev productivity, extending chandler)
  • use python (no xml) for defining kinds and attributes
• item collection, query, notification refactoring (usable calendar, extending chandler)
  • includes fixing notifications
• internationalization
  • evaluate 3rd party libraries ?
    • wxPython i18n compliant test suite ?
    • matrix checklist ?
  • python apis for ICU
    • in particular, use date/time in chandler
  • store all strings as unicode
  • remove all str casts and ascii string api calls from chandler
• accessibility
  • scope a plan, get an owner
• content model refactoring (usable calendar, extending chandler)
  • review of calendar and mail additions
  • person/contact ?
  • general cleanup?
  • attribute redirection and summary table view ?
  • stamping? (probably not 0.6)
• modularization (extending chandler)
  • flatten parcel/package hierarchy
  • resolve circular dependencies
• addressing (usable calendar, extending chandler)
• deletion/trash (usable calendar)
• ui scripting (dev productivity)
  • automate chandler events for automated testing
• logging (usable calendar, extending chandler)
• extension points (extending chandler)
  • define extension points supported in 0.6
• documentation (extending chandler)