[gpodder] Re: gPodder 3.1 development status update
- From: Joseph Wickremasinghe <jnwickremasinghe@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: gpodder@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2012 10:08:34 -0800 (PST)
Hey Thomas,
I've actually been working on device sync for gPodder, but I'm a only a Python
novice so it's been more of a learning project for me. I actually started by
copying the sync.py code from 2.20 into the 3.01 codebase, and figuring out how
to get it working, which involved adding back in various settings, some object
model tweaks, and making a couple of changes to the SQLlite db. I didn't want
to commit to adding in device sync since I had no idea how long it might take
me, which is why I didn't say anything before. However even if a lot of it
needs to be thrown out it was still worth my time :)
I've only been working on filesystem-based syncing, under GTK though, but from
what I can tell, my changes wouldn't break other UIs, these other interfaces
just wouldn't show any of the sync menus / commands in the interface.
Anyway, I've got it 95% working at present. My last issue is trying to get the
episode published date to show up correctly in the custom sync rename.
But, I still have a number of questions The first of course is even whether the
approach to syncing used for 2.20 is even something you wanted to carry over
into 3.x. Additionally, would it be ok for me to add in filesytem-based syncing
into GTK only, since that's the platform I'm using? It seems that the core sync
functionality is platform independent, but I wouldn't be able to make or test
the sync components of the UI for other platforms. How do you handle changes to
the SQLlite db structure (additional columns to the tables)? Is that even
something you'd want to do? Also, I could conceivably add in ipod support since
I had an old iPod shuffle floating around somewhere, but I don't know about MTP.
Let me know your thoughts. I'm happy to rework the sync using JSON if that's
your preferred approach - I imagine a lot of the settings & UI updates that
I've made will be unaffected anyway.
Hoping to get device sync back in gPodder soon (and then enhance it!)
Joseph
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