diff --git a/DEVELOPER b/DEVELOPER
index e4b85a6ed..08b327787 100644
--- a/DEVELOPER
+++ b/DEVELOPER
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ codebase. It is for developers looking for a way to start contributing.
Deprecated Code
- This is code that is going to be phased out "soon", and therefore is not
- worth fixing or documenting.
+ This is code that is going to be phased out soon, and therefore is not worth
+ fixing or documenting. Don't waste your time.
- Variant.{h,cpp}
- Location.{h,cpp}
@@ -18,23 +18,34 @@ New Code Needs
sensitive manner.
- Need a function to accept a list of projects, and return an indented list
that reflects the hierarchy. This will likely go into the new 'projects'
- command.
+ command. Something like:
+ Input - "one"
+ "one.two"
+ "one.two.three"
+ "one.four"
+ "two"
+ Output - "one"
+ " one.two"
+ " one.two.three"
+ " one.four"
+ "two"
- Take all the Config::checkXXX methods and create a new legacy.cpp file
that handles dealing with all legacy checks. To be called from
src/commands/CmdShow.cpp.
- Need export_sql.yy script. Any language.
- Need export_viz.yy script. Any language.
- Need new export_xxx.yy scripts - the more the better. Any language.
- - Need new algorithm for determining the Y-axis for burndown charts. The
- Y-axis shows three numbers - 0, N/2 and N. Choosing N appropriately is
- not easy, and is currently done poorly. For example the value N=200 is an
- ideal choice if there are 194 tasks because it is a nice round number, and
- is not too far above 194. This should be a util.cpp function, that takes
- an integer, and returns the integer, N. N should be even.
- - The JSON.{h,cpp} code is fast and efficient, but has a non-linear
- performance curve, implying a slowdown due to fragmentation. Fix it.
+ - The JSON.{h,cpp} code is fast and efficient up to a point, but has a non-
+ linear performance curve, implying a slowdown due to fragmentation. Fix it.
Test rig and sample data available on request.
- Devise a complete rule set for Task::validate. What should it warn about?
+ - Need a function that can optimize color codes. For example, if a string
+ contains this:
+ one two three four
+ It can be shortened to:
+ one two three four
+ This is only possible if there is nothing between and and the
+ colors match.
Documentation Needed
Various forms of documentation that are needed, or are in need of review or
@@ -69,6 +80,7 @@ Unit Tests Needed
- Need tests of command line expressions.
- Test propagation of modifications to recurring tasks.
- Test regex support.
+ - Need unit tests for each bug in the issue list, if suitable.
Work in Progress
Things that are currently in flux, which is another way of saying leave it
@@ -78,10 +90,11 @@ Work in Progress
completd and tested.
- L10N (Localization) is in progress. This means moving all user-presented
strings into en-US.h, which is included by i18n.h. Language selection will
- be a cmake-controlled #define. This is about 85% complete. This makes
+ be a cmake-controlled #define. This is 86% complete. This makes
translation possible, but there is no active project to make this happen.
It is expected that translation files will trickle in, and create a
maintenance burden. We don't know how we're going to deal with this yet.
+ They will probably be downloadable files.
Current Codebase Condition
@@ -99,6 +112,7 @@ Current Codebase Condition
---
+2011-07-29 Added more needed code descriptions.
2011-07-27 Updated with holiday data info.
2011-07-25 Created file.