Re: Request for late gcalctool feature inclusion in GNOME 2.7

[Rich Burridge <Rich Burridge Sun COM>]

> I guess that lots of people will be very grateful for this work. But is
> there any reason why these feature and UI changes can not wait for GNOME
> 2.9/2.10? What are the bad consequences of waiting?

There are users who would like to see this functionality. The previous
GNOME calculator had it. Windows calculator has it (in their advanced
mode). It could wait for the next release, but I can't see why. As
mentioned in my previous email, you could consider this a major bug fix
with UI changes if you wanted to rather than a feature.
 
> It's always a shame when you miss the freeze by just a few days, but that
> also means that you have missed testing of this change in 2.7.4.

As Calum points out, we've had this in CVS HEAD for a while. It's also
been in the gcalctool-ng branch where it's had external feedback (see
comments in bug #121710). Sami and I have been working on it for several
months so this is not like a brand new piece of code.

The bugs that are left we believe should be easy to fixup before the 
GNOME 2.7/8 bug freeze.

> > Hi all,
> >
> > Even though the feature freeze for GNOME 2.7 has already happened,
> > this is a request for what could be considered a feature request
> > or it could be considered a major bug fix with UI changes,
> > depending upon how you look at it.
> >
> > This is:
> >
> >   http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=121710
> >
> > This is adding in the much needed Arithmetic Operator Precedence
> > support. This work has been done by Sami Pietila to whom I'm very
> > grateful.
> >
> > The old style will still be available via a menubar option as an
> > alternative.
> >
> > It also makes the following changes:
> >
> > * The "(" and ")" buttons have moved from the scientific mode into the
> >   Basic mode so that they are now available to users who need them but not
> >   everything that the Scientific mode provides.
> >
> > * There is a footer message area that provides feedback.
> >
> > * The display area now has an horizontal scrollbar.
> >
> > * Typing in the keyboard shortcuts for the various gcalctool buttons
> >   autocompletes their entry into the display area.
> >
> > * Tooltips show button's shortcut.
> >
> > Our plan is to generate a new version of gcalctool today from CVS HEAD
> > (where all this work has already been integrated).
> >
> > Do we have your permission for this to be included in the new GNOME 2.7
> > tarball dist?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> >
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