Calendar:Next Release

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Overview

Sunbird and Lightning are aiming for a simultaneous release of their next version (0.5) in early 2007. This page is meant to provide an overview of the status of that release.

Schedule

• March 12 - string freeze - l10n begins
• March 24 - code freeze (If it's not in by now, it's missing the bus.)
• March 26 - functional testing by #calendar-qa, localizers check their work using nightlies
• March 30 - l10n freeze
• April 02 - first RC
• April 08 - release date or second RC, in case RC 1 was not good enough
• April 14 - release date, in case we need an RC 2

Key Development Areas

Items with a red background were originally targetted for version 0.3

Core Architecture

Develop Sunbird and Lightning's core architecture to be robust enough for new feature support and ease of future development.

Priority	Item	Status
P1	Editing / viewing of events: Complete the move to using a controller to act on the data, instead of having the views do that directly.	Complete

Performance

Sunbird and Lightning will display all events and tasks with the correct information and in the correct places.

Priority	Item	Status
P1	Improve performance of storage provider (daniel/mvl)	In progress
P1	Improve performance of other providers (Sun team)	In queue
P1	Improve performance of views (mickey)	In queue

Zoom/Scroll

Sunbird and Lightning should allow easy navigation of calendars.

Priority	Item	Status
P2	Investigate zoom scroll	Dropped for 0.5

Navigation

Sunbird and Lightning should allow users to move to any display they want.

Priority	Item	Status
P1	A 'Go to Date' functionality should be exposed. (Lightning)	In progress

Workflow (user experience)

Sunbird and Lightning should have an easy and intuitive user interface, allowing the user to get things done as effortlessly as possible.

Priority	Item	Status
P1	Determine major pain points (christian)	In progress
P1	Come up with sketches for solutions (christian)	In progress
P2	Implement Agenda View improvements	Unknown

Item Creation/Modification

Sunbird and Lightning should allow users to create, modify, and interact with tasks and events easily.

Priority	Item	Status
P1	Event vs. Task semantics - Determine what is require for usability and RFC2445 conformance	Dropped for 0.5
P1	Editting recurring events: "Edit just this" vs. "Edit this and all occurrences after"	In progress
P2	We should be registered to handle .ICS files - Mac	Complete
P2	We should be registered to handle .ICS files - Windows	In progress
P2	We should be registered to handle .ICS files - Unix	Unknown
P2	We should be registered to handle webcal:// URLs - Mac	Complete
P2	We should be registered to handle webcal:// URLs - Windows	In progress
P2	We should be registered to handle webcal:// URLs - Unix	Unknown
P2	Double-clicking an .ICS file should open it (or subscribe, or offer to import it)	Complete
P2	Launching a webcal:// URL should add that subscription to the calendar list	Unknown
P1	Copying and pasting ICS from the clipboard should create an appropriate new item	In progress
P3	Copying and pasting hCalendar data from the clipboard should create an appropriate new item	Unknown
P3	Copying and pasting events between Lightning and Sunbird should work properly	Unknown

ICS Export

Sunbird and Lightning should provide a way for users to export their data in a standards compliant format. This allows users to not need to enter a 'walled garden' when using Sunbird/Lightning

Priority	Item	Status
P2	Export of particular items/sets of items should be possible. (Lightning)	Unknown

Conflict Resolution

Sunbird and Lightning should intelligently handle data conflicts, and present the user with a clear interface for the user to resolve any that it can't do itself.

Priority	Item	Status
P2	Share an .ICS file on the network without dataloss	Unknown
P2	Offline storage of remote calendars	Unknown
P2	Gracefully handle conflicts between local and network data	Unknown

Printing

Sunbird and Lightning should provide an easy to use way for users to get their data in a paper format, through their printer.

Priority	Item	Status
P1	Printing should be possible. (Lightning)	Complete
P2	Printing a week's view of items should be possible.	Complete

Publishing

Sunbird and Lightning should allow users to publish their calendar information to a web server.

Priority	Item	Status
P2	Publishing a specific set of items should be possible. (Lightning)	Unknown

Get Data In

Users should be able to get calendar data from multiple sources into the application.

Priority	Item	Status
P1	Standards compliant data should always be successfully read/preserved.	Unknown
P1	Errors in standards compliance should be gracefully handled.	Unknown
P2	Import data from the user's existing calendar applications	Complete

Thunderbird Integration

Lightning should be integrated as seamlessly as possible into Thunderbird.

Priority	Item	Status
P2	Integrate into Thunderbird's undo/redo queue	Complete
P2	Integrate into Thunderbird's copy/paste	Complete
P2	Integrate into Thunderbird's print command	Complete

Calendar Interoperation

Users should be able to send and receive meeting invitations received via email.

Priority	Item	Status
P1	Allow sending iMIP/iTIP invitations.	Complete
P1	Allow sending decline/accept iMIP/iTIP responses.	Complete

Backup

Sunbird and Lightning should provide functionality for users to easily backup and restore their data.

Priority	Item	Status
P3	Make backups of data	Unknown

Dataloss

Users should be able to use Sunbird/Lightning with confidence that their data will be preserved.

Priority	Item	Status
P1	Subscribing to a calendar with unexpected data should preserve the data	Unknown
P2	Standards compliant data should be preserved when edited.	Unknown

Misc Regressions

Users upgrading from past versions should not notice significant loss of functionality/usability.

Priority	Item	Status
P1	"Misc Regressions" is provided to give it visibility during discussions. Individual elements do not exist at this time.

User pain-points from 0.3

Wherever possible, we should attempt to address pain-points in 0.3 identified by our users. These were not determined scientifically. They're a "gut feeling" based on IRC, bugmail, and newsgroups.

Bug(s)	Item	Status
bug 349048	Having CalExt installed	FIXED
bug 349520	24 hour views (and no way to make them smaller)	FIXED
bug 345643	Date formatting (MM/DD vs DD/MM)	FIXED
bug 343792	Data import errors - invalid or atypical ICS	FIXED
bug 354951	Data import errors - charset
bug 310258	Hide completed tasks is missing from Lightning	FIXED