Open API Bugs, 10 September 2001

[Owen Taylor <otaylor redhat com>]

Here's the remaining open API bugs, that we need to resolve in some
fashion before freezing the API
 
 P: We have code for this bug
 X: There is disgreement over what to do for this bug
 ?: This bug may be either a non-bug or something we'll can/need-to punt
 *: New bug since last status report 

Names indicate people who "own" or are working on the particular bug.

Query with all these bugs is:

 http://bugzilla.gnome.org/buglist.cgi?product=glib&product=gtk%2B&product=gtk-engines&product=pango&bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&target_milestone=1.0+API+freeze&target_milestone=2.0+API+freeze

Fields are:

 Notes: 
 Puntable: Guess as to how badly it would hurt to not do it for 2.0.
 Breakage: Affect of changes on people downstream
 Time:     Time guesstimate.


Misc GLib
=========

59386 optional included gettext implementation [Alex]
  Notes:    Just an issue of modifying glib-gettext.m4 to require
            a gettext installed.
  Puntable: 
  Breakage: No
  Time:     

59703 No way of error detection for g_get_current_dir() [*]
  Notes:    Indeed, the current interface is pretty broken, and 
            anybody who is using it probably has a bug in their
            code. But it might be a fairly harmless bug.
  Puntable: ?
  Breakage: Yes, quite a bit
  Time:     5 minutes, plus breakage fixage.

GObject
=======
50877  Rename libgobject to libgruntime??? [X]
  Notes:    Most people would like to stay with GObject. Tim
            feels strongly that having libgobject and GObject
            is confusing.
  Puntable: 
  Breakage: Yes, lots of fixage.
  Time:     Couple hours

50212  Copying param information is not necessary [X]
  Notes:    Right thing to do is probably to move the property names/descriptions
            into a lazily loaded file, which would make this fairly moot.
  Puntable: Yes, if we go the lazy-loading route.
  Breakage: Theoretical, probably not actual.
  Time:     Couple of days to implement lazy loading, but that 
            could be a 2.2 feature, if necessary. 10 minutes
            to make the necessary GObject changes.
  
55891  Class closures can't be overriden in derived classes [Tim]
  Notes:    
  Puntable: Only at the expense of making class closures useless
  Breakage: Not clear, probably little or none.
  Time      ?

gdk-pixbuf
==========
58308 GdkPixbuf API review [X]
  Notes: Important issue is the name gdk_pixbuf_new_from_stream().
         http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gtk-devel-list/2001-August/msg00514.html
  Puntable: No
  Breakage: Yes
  Time: few minutes, plus check for important downstream packages
        using gdk_pixbuf_new_from_stream(), if any.

GDK
===
50504  Multiple Display Support for X11 implementation [P?,Erwann/Owen]
  Notes: Remaining for 2.0 is figuring out what to do with
            style->font.
  Puntable: Applying patch will be punted. Review to make sure
            it can be applied compatibly can't
  Breakage: ?
  Time:     


Misc GTK+
=========
56916 GtkModule fixes [P]
  Notes:    Not really API issues, but affects how downstream stuff works,
            waiting for commit approval from Tim.

  Puntable: 
  Breakage: No
  Time:     

GtkAccelGroup [Tim]
=============
52434  Lock accelerators by default
51745  Notification of accelerator changes [P]
  Notes:    
  Puntable: No
  Breakag:  ?
  Time:     ?

GtkTreeView
===========
50070  DND in TreeView needs implementing 
  Notes:    Just needs check to see if the API is OK 
  Puntable:
  Breakage:
  Time:    

50344  GtkTreeView should probably consider forwarding more events
  Notes:    
  Puntable:
  Breakage:   
  Time:    

59032 activatable cell renderers API
  Notes:    
  Puntable:
  Breakage:   
  Time:    


====

Sorted by what it's waiting on:

Tim wait
========
50877 Rename libgobject to libgruntime??? [X]
58308 GdkPixbuf API review [X]
55891 Class closures can't be overriden in derived classes [Tim] [i]
52434 Lock accelerators by default [i]
51745 Notification of accelerator changes [P]

Under discussion
================
50504 Multiple Display Support for X11 implementation
50212 Copying param information is not necessary [X]
56916 GtkModule fixes [P]
59703 No way of error detection for g_get_current_dir() [*]

jrb wait
========
50070 DND in TreeView needs implementing 
50344 GtkTreeView should probably consider forwarding more events
59032 activatable cell renderers API

Not-really-API-implementation
=============================
59386 optional included gettext implementation

====

Resolved 8/30 - 9/10
====================
50266 Text/Pixbuf/Pixtext cell renderers could just be merged [?]
59543 Move gbsearcharray to GLib [*,Owen]
59544 Provide closure support for GMain [*,P,owen]
50966 Interface methods can't be overridden in derived classes [Tim]
55908 Need a function to know if a GBoxed type is reference counte [?] 
50966 Interface methods can't be overridden in derived classes [Tim]
50206 Some GObject methods take a gpointer [X]
59027 shadow vs. shadow_type properties