[Nautilus-list] Re: CVS plugin

[Christian Rose <menthos menthos com>]

Mikael Lindberg wrote:
> I'd like to be able to see CVS information directly in Nautilus as well
> as using CVS commands, much like TortoiseCVS enables you to do in
> Windows Explorer. The CVS-commands would be simple enough through
> Nautilus scripts, but TortoiseCVS also tints file icons according to
> status (in sync, edited... i imagine conflicts and added/removed files
> also could have specific colours) and I'd also like to be able to see
> branch/tag and version information e.g. by zooming.
> 
> A couple of questions:
> 1. Would it be possible to add such a feature today in some plugin-ish
> manner and if so: how?

It has been suggested before (see
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=40124), and I assume it is
implementable. I don't know how though, but then again, I'm not a
programmer. :-(


> 2. Has this feature (or similar) been considered and rejected before and
> if so, for what reasons?

See above. The reason a lot of feature requests get unattended these
days is simply because there are a lot of feature requests, but not near
as many people offering to implement them. I'm not even sure that the
current assignee of the above bug (andy eazel com) still actively works
on Nautilus (his last mail to this list was in August), so a new
volunteer is most likely needed to work on it.
So if you really want this feature and have some time to spare, adding
your information to the bug report above and offering to implement it,
or even looking into it, would be a great help.


> 3. Anybody working on a similar project atm?

I don't know for sure, but I don't think so, since the above bug hasn't
been updated. You're free to update it :-)


> If nothing else and the patch would be accepted, I would be happy to
> contribute such a thing.

Great! Fantastic! Your contribution will be most welcome. Unfortunately,
due to the existing Nautilus hackers being overwhelmed with work on,
among other things, getting Nautilus to work on the GNOME 2 platform,
general help on getting started with Nautilus programming is very
limited. If you have any specific technical questions though, I'm sure
someone on this list will be able to answer.

Again, thanks for offering to look into this!


Christian