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wiki:development:roadmap [2015/01/27 11:16]
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wiki:development:roadmap [2016/01/29 20:50]
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-====== Development Planning ====== +====== ΞX2Go Developer Meetings ====== 
-  * [[wiki:development:planning:whiteboard]] +{{:wiki:development:x2go-mascot-ccc.png?nolink&100 |}} 
-  * [[wiki:development:planning:schedule]] +  * [[wiki:development:planning:meetings_list|Whiteboard]] (used only during the meeting) 
-  * [[wiki:development:planning:start]]+  * [[wiki:development:planning:start|ΞX2Go Developer Meetings]] (past and future appointments) 
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 ====== X2Go Roadmap ====== ====== X2Go Roadmap ======
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 === Prio #1 (not started yet) === === Prio #1 (not started yet) ===
-**Run multiple instances of X2GoClient**, or multiple sessions from one instance, all simultaneously (kind of how pyhoca-gui works) must work on+**Fix Lockup of OS X client when running multiple sessions //sequentially//** 
 + 
 +At present, X2GoClient on OS X goes into an endless loop and has to be force-terminated after the second or third connection attempt. 
 + 
 +Task assigned to: Mihai 
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 +**Run multiple instances of X2GoClient**, or multiple sessions from one instance, all simultaneously (kind of how pyhoca-gui works) 
 + 
 +must work on
   * Windows   * Windows
   * OS X   * OS X
   * Linux (probably already does)   * Linux (probably already does)
  
-would love to see X2GoClient gain the multi-session feature from PyHoCa.  In fact, the GUI design of the taskbar icon's context menu hasn't made sense from the start, if X2GoClient is and will always be+Stefan would love to see X2GoClient gain the multi-session feature from PyHoCa.  In fact, the GUI design of the taskbar icon's context menu hasn't made sense from the start, if X2GoClient is and will always be
 limited to one session.   limited to one session.  
  
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 h1 has a design in mind that addresses multi-sesson support in one X2Go Client instance (also x2goclient2.git on git.x2go.org is capable of that, but at the moment it is half-baked and probably temporarily discontinued). h1 has a design in mind that addresses multi-sesson support in one X2Go Client instance (also x2goclient2.git on git.x2go.org is capable of that, but at the moment it is half-baked and probably temporarily discontinued).
  
-Task assigned to: Mihai, Mihai, and again, Mihai+Steps: 
 +  - Fix Multi-Instance on Windows 
 +  - Write wrapper to turn Multi-Instance into Multi-Session mode (especially important for OS X, where Multi-Instance isn't supported) 
 + 
 +Task assigned to: Mihai, Mihai, and again, Mihai - with some help by Mike#2 for the Windows client
  
 === Prio #2 (not started yet) ===  === Prio #2 (not started yet) === 
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 Task assigned to: Stefan, aided by Mike#1 (hard to say, Mike#1 will coach Stefan for an equivalent of 4h to get things straight, no matter how long it takes) Task assigned to: Stefan, aided by Mike#1 (hard to say, Mike#1 will coach Stefan for an equivalent of 4h to get things straight, no matter how long it takes)
  
-**HTML5 Client**+<del>**HTML5 Client**</del> tagged as unrealistic given current budget
  
 If budget remains, a HTML5 client would be nice. If budget remains, a HTML5 client would be nice.
 +
 //There seems to be a disagreement amongst the developers regarding how such a client should be implemented.// //There seems to be a disagreement amongst the developers regarding how such a client should be implemented.//
 +  - One option would be to copy what other remote solutions are using - which means sub-par performance compared to our native NX/X2Go speeds.
 +  - A from-scratch approach would bring native speeds, but is a time and money sinkhole.
  
 Task assigned to: <none yet> - could be Alex, Mihai, ...? Task assigned to: <none yet> - could be Alex, Mihai, ...?
  
  
-**Alternative to NX-Rewrite**+<del>**Alternative to NX-Rewrite**</del> tagged as unrealistic given current budget 
 h1 has some ideas what other F/LOSS codebases might be suitable as a time- and money-saving alternative to doing the NX-Rewrite. h1 has some ideas what other F/LOSS codebases might be suitable as a time- and money-saving alternative to doing the NX-Rewrite.
 He should mention them on x2go-dev to get more feedback, then a competent C/C++ coder should look at the alternatives and evaluate them for suitability. He should mention them on x2go-dev to get more feedback, then a competent C/C++ coder should look at the alternatives and evaluate them for suitability.
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