RetroShare/TODO.txt

List of fixes/improvements before 0.6
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Legend:
   E: easy. Just GUI stuff, no algorithmics involved
   M: medium. Needs some care.
   H: hard. Needs digging into libretroshare.

Level |  What
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       Posted:
E        [X] it's not possible to create a Posted thread without a Owner. 
             Bug? If not, then remove "No signature" from selection box
E        [ ] Show an info page for unsubscribed posted threads (same as forums)
E        [X] Links in Posted cannot be clicked.
M        [ ] Fix the counting of unread messages in Posted. Now it's wrong.
E        [X] Make the GUI of Posted more sexy: more compact items, remove unecessary text, use consistent icons,...
      
      
       Forums
E        [X] it's not possible to create a Forum thread without a Owner. 
             Bug? If not, then remove "No signature" from selection box
         [X] the tooltip over GXS ids should show the avatar on the left side.
         [X] fix data race between GXS ID default icons
         [X] Share of key shows "Not implemented". Since forums are public, share key should be hidden.
         [ ] switching between forums might cause a crash. Seems to be due to GxsIdDetails::instance not always initialised when used.
      
       GUI General
E        [ ] do we keep "Getting Started" ? the look needs to be improved
E        [X] Recommendation messages do not show complete links. Links show up in some buttons and the text is truncated
E        [X] Recommendation messages should not be signed by the retroshare team!!
E        [X] when adding a friend through clicking on cert links, the add friend wizard is shown twice!
M        [X] add a flag in friends option to allow auto-download of recommended files
M        [ ] sound is not working for some users on linux. We also need a "test sound" button in config->sound. 
E        [ ] some widgets in the GUI do not follow the system style => GUI looks bad on these systems
         [X] display version ID in windows version
E        [X] recommended friends messages have embedded buttons of wrong size.  Use RSLinks instead!
E        [X] "Friends details" should show both PGP key and RS certs in different tabs with appropriate names.
             It should specify clearly which one should be used to make friends.
E        [X] addFriend does not work when the cert contains signatures.
E        [X] PGP signatures are not transmited by discovery2. 
         [X] Default appearance style on Ubuntu should be GTK (to allow correct tooltips)
         [X] Default layout should use toolbars. The "menu" look is inneficient
      
       Messages
H        [X] distant messages should be made async-ed
M        [X] distant messages are not re-sent when the peer is offline the first time
M        [X] sent messages to direct peers in the Sent box have inconsistent To field. 
             Raises an error if you click on it.
H        [ ] Merge the new messaging format? (or keep this for > 0.6)
M        [X] icons for GxsTreeWidgetItem are too small in distant messages list widget
E        [X] "from" should be disabled until we actually use a GXS id in the destination list.
E        [X] "show all" and "show everyone" in destination list are duplicate names for different things. 
             Either remove one of them, or use appropriate names.
      
       Channels
         [X] Unsubscribed channels should show an info page when selected, like forums
H        [X] marking all as read in channels takes time. The channel icon should show a waiting clock 
             during the operation to avoid the user to re-click many times in the hope to get the posts marked as read.
         [X] channels items show a 0 left to the up/Dn buttons. What is it??
         [X] allow to post on channels when attachment is not in shared files. Just display a warning.
M        [ ] popularity calculation seems wrong. To reproduce: create a new channel and subscribe to it from 
             another location with many friends => popularity is too big at that location (should be 1)

      
       Chat lobbies
H        [X] Chat lobbies should use Identities. That's a significant change, probably not backward compatible. 
         [X] Remove deprecated code in rschatitems.
         [X] remove "change nickname" from drop menu
      
       Profile creation wizard
         [X] "Hidden node" should be an option at start. Apparently it becomes mandatory when one sets the advanced mode. 
         [ ] the blue button "Generate new node" does not have a clear state. It should be grey while disabled, then 
             not grey. Or maybe use an icon?

       Settings
         [X] remove HiddenNode fom config->server netWork mode drop menu, or disable it in non hidden mode.
         [ ] Default max upload should be a large number. Not 50KB/s!!

       Chat
         [X] Distant chat window should show GXS avatars
H        [ ] Distant chat should work with shared identities
         [X] Distant chat fails (tunnel bullet never gets green) when re-openning a distant chat window after closing a tunnel
         [X] Distant chat fails (chat window never appears) when re-openning a distant chat window after closing a tunnel
         [X] You should not be enabled to distant-chat yourself!
         [X] Nickname completion is broken. It only works with @
      
       Identities:
         [X] "Owned by you" => "Owned by node [nodename]" 
         [X] Bold face should only be used for keys with admin credentials
E        [X] reputations are not used yet. We should hide them.
H        [X] Add timeout to Identities that are unused. Need to keep a time stamp list, updated whenever the identity is used for checking signatures. 
         [X] Fix avatar loading for identities. When loaded for the first time by forums, the avatar does not show up.
M        [ ] allow to share identities between locations. 
      
       Network
E        [ ] Friends => Friend nodes
E        [X] remove TCP, TOR, UDP from the status column, and move it in front of IP
      
       File transfer
H        [X] There's a bug sometimes causing re-hash of shared files at start. Find it, kill it.
         [ ] Bug: when sorting files in friends file list, RS goes into a crazy loop and crashes

       News feed
         [X] remove the Ghost news feed items
         [X] remove the double feed publication
      
       libretroshare
         [ ] make sure at least one location is kept when removing old locations as it avoids lots of connection problems.
         [ ] some users can be declared as connected although they are not. Check Heart-Beat system.
H        [X] fix the data race in pqissl
H        [ ] valgrind pass for data races
H        [ ] valgrind pass for memory leaks 
H        [ ] valgrind pass for memory errors 
H        [ ] valgrind pass for performance
E        [-] remove mktemp => use mkstemp
             note: mkstemp is not available on Windows
H        [ ] RsGxsDataAccess::processRequests locks mDataMutex until all requests are processed.
             Adding a new request or poll for the request status are freezing until the mutex is available.

       Packaging
         [X] check compilation on debian
         [X] check compilation on ARM
         [ ] Sound files should be part of the install package

 Post v0.6 release changes
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      File transfer
H        [ ] implement a new file list management, with new info such as access time, total upload, popularity, etc
H        [ ] implement a new file list sharing service based on auto-sync system
H        [ ] get rid of the old cache system (remove CacheStrapper, CacheSource,etc)

      GUI
H        [ ] enable circles for channels/posted/forums
E        [ ] enable people dialog

      GXS
H        [ ] add the ability to use anonymous identities into circles. Needs new distribution model using items encrypted for multiple GXS keys.
H        [ ] use different and incompatible classes for public and private keys in GxsSecurity

      Libretroshare
M        [ ] improve serialisation system. Lots of serialisation tasks (header, verifications, serialiser=>template, can be factored)
M        [ ] separate chat stuff from rsmsgs.h into rschat.h

      Chat
H        [ ] add "chat with this peer" from lobbies to start a private distant conversation with the GXS id of the peer