[java-gnome-hackers] update and TODOs

[Jeffrey M. <Jef...@Br...>]

I have been working on the Gnome classes over the past week.  I have most
of the classes working.  I still have a couple of problems with the UIInfo
implementation that I plan to address today.  Going forward I hope to
add the event handling to the gnome package and thought about creating
a org.gnu.gnome.event package similar to the gtk equivalent.  

I thought it might be a good idea to list all of the tasks that should 
be completed prior to our next release.  I would also like to take this
one step further and define the future direction and goals of this project.
I am including my spontaneous attempt to define the tasks and direction.
I am sure I am missing some important tasks so please add additional 
tasks or comment on the ones I have listed.  Also, if you are working on 
one of these tasks or wish to work on a task let the team know so we 
don't duplicate efforts.

As for the future direction, I have included my ideas below.  I would like 
for use to get on a schedule of having a release every couple of months.  My
ultimate goal is to provide more than just a wrapper over native widgets.
I hope to eventually provide an entire framework for developing Gnome
applications.  I propose a target of having release 1.0 ready by late next 
summer.  I cannot achieve this goal without your help.  Let me know 
your thoughts.


Major TODOs for next release
============================
1) Complete the event handling for the gnome package - Jeff
2) Complete the implementation of ItemFactory in the gtk package
   This should be implemented using a similar approach to the
   UIInfo classes. - ?
3) Complete the vte implementation (Rubio, what is your estimate?)
4) Complete the glade updates (Tom, what is your estimate?)
5) Enhance the current examples to demonstrate a more complete usage
   of the widgets.  We also need to write new examples to demonstrate
   the new widgets in the libraries. - ?
6) Fix the delete event propagation - Jeff
7) Update the tutorial - Jeff
8) Update all remaining documentation. - ?
9) Translate the documentation into Spanish - Alberto


Future direction
===========
0.8 - This is our first version that supports GTK/Gnome 2.  This is also a
major rewrite of the bindings.
In this release we provid a wrapper around the native libraries.
0.8.1 - Bug fixes, enhancements to the gnome canvas implementation,
enhancements to the gdk
drawing classes.
0.8.2 - Bug fixes, better gconf integration, enhancements to the atk and
pango implementation
0.8.3 - Bug fixes, bonobo implementation, gnomeprint implementation
0.9 - First release of the framework
0.9.1 - Framework enhancements
0.9.2 - Framework enhancements
0.9.3 - Framework enhancements
1.0 - First production ready release of the bindings.  From this point
forward we will maintain
API stability.

-Jeff