Release on John Stowers

End of an Era: PyGTK

Sun, 03 Apr 2011 14:48:08 +0000

I just released PyGTK 2.24, which will almost certainly be the last major PyGTK release. The future of Python on the GNOME platform is PyGObject + GObject Introspection . From my experience over the last few months porting a number of my projects, the future is bright.

In a cruel twist of irony, the state of PyGTK on Windows and Mac has never been better. The credit for the windows work (and some great documentation improvements this cycle) must go to Dieter Verfaillie

Map Updates

Thu, 10 Jun 2010 16:34:27 +0000

I recently made a number of improvements to osm-gps-map , the easy to use mapping widget. The motivation for these came at the request of the foxtrotGPS developers (foxtrotGPS is a community developed fork of TangoGPS). These changes enhanced the API for adding images and tracks to the map, and in addition allowed me to clean up the basic API making it easier to use for the common case. But, there is more, especially relevant to Gtk+/GNOME 3.0.

Misc Hacking

Fri, 22 Jan 2010 11:22:39 +0000

I had two days off while I moved offices, so I got a chance to catch up on my backlog of random hacking.

osm-gps-map

I released osm-gps-map v0.5.0 which adds a few new features (such as keyboard navigation) but also contains many bugfixes and performance improvements. Check the release notes for more information. The next item on the TODO is merging the OSD/layers branch.

Conduit

I released Conduit 0.3.17 which was long overdue. Mostly a bugfix release and updating to new API. The Conduit homepage has also moved to live.gnome.org. Progress on Conduit is a bit slow at the moment, it does everything I want it to (I have a budget cellphone so phone synce does not interest me), and is pretty stable. I have some SOC work I would like to merge, but basically I am looking for developers and inspiration…

A Frustrating Week

Sun, 10 Aug 2008 22:05:43 +0000

It all started so well. While Conduit was not accepted into GNOME 2.24, it was blessed as an external dependency for this cycle. That is great news for online service integration, and synchronization on the GNOME desktop. Congratulations to everyone who has helped me work on Conduit over these years, and well done to those who made it into the release set.

I was also able to make a 0.3.13 release incorporating those fixes and UI improvements I discussed last time around. After that things started to get worse.

Conduit UI Experiments - Some Conclusions

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 02:49:03 +0000

Thanks once again to the many people who commented on my last two blog posts . All the feedback has been gratefully received. I just released Conduit 0.3.13 which, amongst other things, features some UI improvements based upon this feedback.

Improvements to the Conduit user interface.

Technically speaking, the release adds a knowledge framework to the application. This makes it easy to assist the user as they work through the interface. New features, utilizing this framework are;

New Conduit Features

Sat, 29 Mar 2008 14:35:15 +0000

Last week (or so..) I released Conduit 0.3.9 , the notable features of this release were the addition of documentation, and dramatically improved support for removable devices, like USB keys and portable hard drives.

Conduit has always supported removable disks, but the UI for working with them has been dramatically improved. In the screenshot below you will see Conduit automatically suggesting pre-configured dataproviders to sync with folders on the removable device. The use case for this is

They come in pairs

Mon, 18 Feb 2008 23:28:42 +0000

Following the tradition of the last Conduit release, I realized that I shipped Conduit 0.3.7 with a stupid build issue that broke all the Gmail/Google/Picasa support for people. Following in that tradition here is Conduit 0.3.8 which fixes that, and also features updated icons contributed by mejogid.

For more information:

Conduit developer John Carr has also setup a Ubuntu PPA for Conduit . Check it out if you are interested in running the Latest and Greatest for Ubuntu Gutsy and Hardy.

Conduit 0.3.7: Many Small Updates

Thu, 14 Feb 2008 20:04:39 +0000

I just released Conduit 0.3.7 . This was another regular release which contains the usual array of bug fixes and a few small new features and tidy ups. This was also the first release made automatically using maintainer . Aside from a few quirks, the tool worked amazingly well.

The next release will feature rewritten user documentation, more conflict UI improvements, and fix whatever bugs crop up in testing its compatibility with new GNOME. Highlights of this release are;

Conduit 0.3.6: I can has sleep please?

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 15:56:07 +0000

Quote courtesy of John Carr , who I had cook me up a patch at 1:30AM UK time. Ahhh the wonder of a 12h time difference.

I just released Conduit 0.3.6, a quick follow up to the last release . It fixes a number of bugs which were preventing some common sync scenarios.

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Bugs Fixed
- Fix two-way Tomboy <–> folder sync
- Fix two-way GConf <–> folder sync

Conduit 0.3.4 - 37% more integrated

Wed, 03 Oct 2007 01:21:57 +0000

Wahoo!, after mad busy weeks of development, I just released Conduit 0.3.4 . Check out the screencast (download here ). This release is fresh with new features, and heaps of polish and integration work. These new features include;

Google calendar support (Paul Novotny).
Youtube dataprovider added (Renato Araujo).
Photo sites are now two way, you data is no longer locked with one provider. Also see #480754 for improvements to Fspots DBus interface allowing two way photo sync with FSpot.

Finally A Release

Mon, 07 May 2007 04:24:26 +0000

Finally, and ?only? 3 months overdue I have released Conduit 0.3.0 . This release finally marks the end of the sync engine rewrite from the previous release. This also signifies the first time that conduit is simultaneously useful to end users, and application developers as a desktop sync service.

What can it do?

From an end user perspective Conduit has reached the level of being useful. I am currently travelling around Europe for a few months and using Conduit on a daily basis, at least for the task of Synchronization/backup of my photos to Flickr and my home server, Sync/Export of my Tomboy notes to iPod. Other than that Conduit can currently perform the following sync partnerships;