Revision as of 05:12, 19 September 2007

If you want to add a new feature to this list and haven't discussed it on audacity-devel, it belongs in Feature Requests, not here!

Code

1.3.4 Beta

Currently under active development. See Release Checklist for details. This is intended as a candidate for the 1.4.0 Stable release.

1.4.0 Stable

This will replace the 1.2.x line of development. On release of 1.4.0, only bugfixes and not new features will be added to the 1.4.x line.

1.5.x Beta

Released very soon after 1.4.0, 1.5.0 will have the currently disabled features of 1.3.4/1.4.0 re-enabled.

• FTP
• Theming (crude version)

We'll transition to wxWidgets 2.8.4. We'll probably start using a common project file format for both Linux and Windows, making it easier for linux-only or windows-only developers to add files without breaking the other build. Probably will use prebuild.exe which includes its own built in Lua script processor and can directly build MS project files and linux configs.

Other features will be added as we increment 1.5.x versions. All the ones listed here have already been started so are likely to happen:

• Plug ins. These will be able to add items into the menu and extra items on the main panel.
• Rivendell plug in.
• Scripting plug enhanced and available in linux too.
• Improved theming support, e.g. gradient backfills. Plan is to use wxFormbuilder to configure the themes, so we have a Gui for theme building. JC is working with the wxFormbuilder team to create an option in it that generates the files we need.
• New track types for graphical display of Vamp (analysis) plug in results.
• New theme(s) from Greg Hardesty available.
• Context sensitive help in preferences dialog, if local help files are available.

Also:

• Many aim-tos carried forward from the previous list done.
• Some features from the Feature Requests page done. Don't list them here! We'll probably start a new page with the same level of detail as the checklist page, and developers signing up for what they're working on.

2.0.0 Stable

First release which has the new theme enabled as the default, though it will have been seen before as an option.

Project

Recruitment

Post 1.3.4 we want to start a recruitment drive. Add details here.

Summer of Code 2008

We need to discuss and plan Google Summer of Code (GSoC) 2008. JC thinks we should get significant numbers of students interested prior to applying for mentor status. This will increase our chances of getting the best students, as well as making it clear to Google that we're much more organised this year.

Acquisitions and Mergers

Look at ways to share code between projects more. Greater use of plug ins and bridges to leverage code (Vamp, Ladspa, Jack, Octave, CSound, Postfish). More extraction of framework code from Audacity for use in general wxWidgets projects. Refactoring some Audacity algorithms to be derived from generic abstract algorithms - making them useful in other contexts and moving us closer to Mezzo. Look at LibArdour for possibilities for code sharing.

Hackathon 2008

Would be good! Possibly will piggy back on a conference. Consider LADSPA meeting, as it is a developer conference.