[gpodder] Re: gPodder 3.1 development status update
- From: Tom Potts <karaken12@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: gpodder@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2012 09:17:02 +0000
Hi, all. I'm just piping up to say that I've been working on the sync as
well. I've been working on getting a framework in place for iPod sync, but
I haven't been working on it long, so my code is far from complete.
Thomas, you mention that it would probably be best to have sync
functionality as an extension -- are there any docs around about writing
extensions? Or is it just best to look at the existing extensions?
Tom
On 5 March 2012 08:39, Joseph Wickremasinghe <jnwickremasinghe@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> Hey Thomas,
>
> Thanks for your response! I haven't uploaded my code anywhere yet. I'll
> make a patch on top of the 'master' branch and send it to you in the next
> couple of days.
>
> Joseph
>
> --- On Mon, 3/5/12, Thomas Perl <m@xxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > From: Thomas Perl <m@xxxxxx>
> > Subject: [gpodder] Re: gPodder 3.1 development status update
> > To: gpodder@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Date: Monday, March 5, 2012, 1:28 AM
> > Hi Joseph,
> >
> > On Fri, Mar 02, 2012 at 10:08:34AM -0800, Joseph
> > Wickremasinghe wrote:
> > > 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.
> >
> > Which changes did you make exactly? Do you have a patch on
> > top of our
> > "master" branch that I could have a look at?
> >
> > > 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.
> >
> > That should be okay - ideally we would also have sync for
> > the CLI
> > (doesn't make so much sense for the QML UI while it's mainly
> > targetted
> > at the Nokia N9) but that can wait a bit more.
> >
> > > 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.
> >
> > Sounds promising. Have you uploaded your code somewhere?
> >
> > > 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?
> >
> > > How do you handle changes to the SQLlite db structure
> > (additional
> > > columns to the tables)? Is that even something you'd
> > want to do?
> >
> > That's taken care of by src/gpodder/schema.py - basically
> > you would need
> > to introduce a new version, update the initial schema SQL
> > and then
> > modify the "upgrade" function to upgrade the schema from the
> > old version.
> >
> > But let's have a look at your code - maybe the database
> > changes aren't
> > needed at all? Also, in case we turn the sync into an
> > extension (we
> > should), it could store its own data in a separate
> > file/database below
> > $GPODDER_HOME (so it's even more flexible).
> >
> > > 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.
> >
> > I'd like to see the code and then we can start integrating
> > from there :)
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Thomas
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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