Gluon/Sprint Oct2011

Topics

A list of topics to discuss, in no particular order.

• Settings
  • Exposing settings
  • Settings UI
    • Common (e.g. KCM)
    • Per-Application
  • Common QML Components for Settings

• GluonAudio
  • QtOpenAl backend for GluonAudio
    • OpenAl high-level wrapper
    • The current QtOpenAl project into openal as an openal Qt backend ?
    • (Hanna Skott)
    • Some ideas: http://quickgit.kde.org/index.php?p=scratch%2Flpapp%2Fqtopenal.git&a=summary
  • Channel support
  • Advanced playlist support
  • Current ffmpeg state and plans - getting more stable ? (good hint: mplayer2)

• GluonGraphics
  • Finish Particle work and get it merged (ahiemstra)
  • Design and start implementing batch rendering optimisations (StuartMD)
  • Fix scissor test for visible area and scale ui depending on this area as well.

• GluonInput
  • Re-visit the GluonInput API - to clean it up
  • Abstract Input Actions

• GluonSmarts
  • Pathfinding algorithms (HA*?)
  • (leinir)

• GluonPlayer
  • Clean up the mess that are the players currently.
  • Remove the Qt Extended Player ?
  • Sync up in the pure QML player with the new player models (ie.: proxy and so on) and remove old models accordingly

• Moving Gluon to Extragear ?
• Gluon as MeeGo/Mer Game Center? (usefulness in Tizen unknown but quite possible - web APIs and all that jazz)
• Plans for the Gluon Plasmoid Player and Plasma Active ? Get built it into the PA image ? What are the obstacles for that ?
• Google Code-In? Do we want to join, what tasks do we want to suggest?

• Formalities
  • Group photo =)
  • General report about the sprint to dot.kde.org