Calendar:0.3 Release Status

Please do not edit these pages without permission of an 0.3 driver. Your feedback and comments are welcomed on the discussion page.

Overview

Sunbird and Lightning are aiming for a simultaneous release of their 0.3 versions at the end of August. This page is meant to provide an overview of the status of that release.

The 0.3 releases are intended to provide a stable upgrade for users of all previous Sunbird, Lightning, and Calendar versions.

Key Development Areas

Viewing of events

Sunbird and Lightning will display all events and tasks with the correct information and in the correct places.

Views
Priority	Item
P1	Events/tasks are displayed on the correct day in month/multiweek view
P1	Events/tasks are displayed at the correct position (based on time) in day/week view.
P2	Tooltip information for events should be correct.
P3	Tooltip information for tasks should be correct.
P2	Unifinder should show correct information
P2	Events/tasks should not appear in views where they are not intended to appear

Navigation

Sunbird and Lightning should allow users to move to any display they want.

Navigation
Priority	Item
P1	Functional navigation buttons should be available in all views
P1	Minimonth navigation should work.
P2	A 'Go to Date' functionality should be exposed.
P2	Navigating to distant future and distant past should be possible

Visual Alarms

Sunbird and Lightning should visually display alarms when they are scheduled to fire

Alarms
Priority	Item
P1	Users should be able to set an alarm for an arbitrary length of time before an item.
P1	Alarms should fire when scheduled, if Sunbird/Lightning is open
P2	Missed alarms should fire when Sunbird/Lightning is reopened
P2	Dismissed alarms should not re-fire
P2	Alarms should correspond with the ICS Standard.
P2	Alarms for recurring events should fire for each occurrence
P3	Multiple alarms should be displayed in a single window
P3	Alarms should be able to be snoozed.

ICS Export

Sunbird and Lightning should provide a way for users to export their data in a standards compliant format. This allows users to not need to enter a 'walled garden' when using Sunbird/Lightning

Export
Priority	Item
P1	Export should serialize all data into the file
P1	The exported file should comply with RFC2445.
P2	Export of particular items/sets of items should be possible.

Printing

Sunbird and Lightning should provide an easy to use way for users to get their data in a paper format, through their printer.

Printing
Priority	Item
P1	Printing a list of items should be possible.
P2	Printing a month grid of items should be possible.
P2	Printing a week's view of items should be possible.
P3	Printing a task list should be possible.
P3	Extensions should be able to provide additional printing formats.

Publishing

Sunbird and Lightning should allow users to publish their calendar information to a web server.

Publishing
Priority	Item
P1	Publishing an entire calendar to an http server should be possible
P2	Publishing an entire calendar to an ftp server should be possible.
P2	Publishing a specific set of items should be possible.
P2	Published data should comply with RFC2445.

Calendar Holidays

Sunbird and Lightning should allow users to easily get information about the relevant public holidays in their area.

Holidays
Priority	Item
P1	Subcribing to a holiday file should be possible
P2	Holiday files should be available for Tier-1 locales.
P2	An interface for finding holiday files should be provided
P3	Holidays should be shown as days off.

Calendar Subscriptions

Users should be able to subscribe to calendar files that have been published on the web

Publishing
Priority	Item
P1	Subscribing to a public ics file should be possible
P2	Subscribing to a password-protected calendar should be possible
P2	Subscribing to a calendar from behind a proxy should be possible
P2	Standards compliant data should always be successfully read/preserved.
P3	Errors in standards compliance should be gracefully handled.

Dataloss

Users should be able to use Sunbird/Lightning with confidence that their data will be preserved.

Internal
Priority	Item
P1	Shutting down the application should preserve all data.
P1	Editing an item should work as expected.
External
Priority	Item
P1	Subscribing to a calendar with unexpected data should preserve the data
P2	Standards compliant data should be preserved when edited.

Misc Regressions

Users upgrading from past versions should not notice significant loss of functionality/usability.

Regressions
Priority	Item
P1	"Misc Regressions" if provided to give it visibility during discussions. Individual elements do not exist at this time.