[kepler-dev] bugzilla and kepler

[Chad Berkley]

Hi All,

As Bertram has keenly noticed, I've setup a bugzilla project for kepler 
and I've posted the first few bugs that I noted last week in our BEAM 
meeting.  It would be great if everyone could document what you're 
currently working on in bugzilla so we all could get a good idea of what 
is going on and so we don't have any doubling up of coding.

I've created 3 milestones for kepler...beta 1, beta 2 and release on the 
tentative dates may 7, june 1 and june 12 respectively.  For me (and 
SEEK) the most important one right now is the May 7 since we will be 
meeting in Edinburgh May 8-12 and it we should have something to show. 
I set June 12 for release 1 because it's right before SSDBM.   I'm not 
sure if that is an achievable milestone, but these things aren't set in 
stone.  I picked June 1 for beta 2 just it was a couple weeks before 
release 1.

If you create bugs for the kepler project, set 
kepler-dev at ecoinformatics.org to the CC field and the bug messages will 
get propegated out to the list.  Note that if you assign a bug to 
yourself, but you don't go back and "accept" that bug, you'll start 
getting tons of email from bugzilla telling you about your open bugs. 
just accept your bugs and this won't happen.

let me know if anyone has problems using bugzilla or with the way I've 
set this up.

chad



Bertram Ludaescher wrote:
> First: thanks for cross-posting to Kepler dev!
> 
> 
> 
>>>>>>"b" == bugzilla-daemon  <bugzilla-daemon at ecoinformatics.org> writes:
>>>>>
> 
> b> below is a list of GUI enhancements that were noted at the SEV meeting.  Each
> b> needs to be addressed before the interface is really usable.  Some of these bugs
> b> might be Mac specific but most of them are not.  
> b> 
> b> --move actor config to one dialog
> b> --make actor lib searchable
> b> --add metadata to actors for different categorization
> b> --make the actor lib re order itself when you choose a different director...it
> b> should only show actors that work with that director
> 
> wow, that's a tough call (maybe undecidable ;-)
> 
> It requires from each actor developer to annotate what director may
> work.
> This is barely feasible. Also: since actors and directors are largely
> developed  indepdently, this will not show "legacy actors" as being
> usable as new directors come in... 
> 
> maybe the default should be: every  actor works with every director,
> unless otherwise specified...
> 
> b> --allow output to be viewed on the vergil canvas
> 
> ?? 
> 
> b> --add user documention to each actor
> 
> sure
> 
> b> --make it easier to expose parameters to the run window
> b> --allow actors to have aliases
> b> --remove functionality that domains scientists would not use (EE stuff)
> 
> should be part of the general "customize your library" effort.
> 
> b> --change paste behavior to force pasted elements to be in the current clipping
> b> view instead of the middle of the canvas
> b> --allow all ports to display port name or have arcs display the name of the
> b> values passed
> b> --when you add a port, don't randomly select the cardinal direction...inputs
> b> should be west, outputs east BY DEFAULT
> b> --make dialogs resize based on screen resolution
> b> --the zoom buttons are totally unintuitive.  they need new icons
> 
> In the recent Ptolemy demos by Steve and Yang, I have seen standard icons
> 
> b> --allow ampersands in annotations
> 
> Good that this all has been assigned to Chad ;-)
> 
> Bertram
> 
> b> _______________________________________________
> b> kepler-dev mailing list
> b> kepler-dev at ecoinformatics.org
> b> http://www.ecoinformatics.org/mailman/listinfo/kepler-dev
> _______________________________________________
> kepler-dev mailing list
> kepler-dev at ecoinformatics.org
> http://www.ecoinformatics.org/mailman/listinfo/kepler-dev


-- 
-----------------------
Chad Berkley
National Center for
Ecological Analysis
and Synthesis (NCEAS)
berkley at nceas.ucsb.edu
-----------------------