Difference between revisions of "Projects/PIM/RSS framework for Akonadi"

Revision as of 12:29, 30 July 2008

Needs research

What are possible settings for the resource?
Read up on OPML/RSS/Atom spec (+ on the itunes podcast extension so we can set appropriate attributes; other extensions?)
Possible Nepomuk RSS ontology (I found one on the web, not sure if it's correct)

Long-term project goals

Finish the basic framework (the goal of this SoC project)
Port Akregator to it/rewrite Akregator from scratch
Improve virtual/search feeds (Nepomuk/Strigi/Akonadi virtual collections?)
Create a generic RSS Akonadi resource: easy to add other types of RSS sources (RSS feeds from an Openchange server, online feed readers)
Implement an RSS resource for the Newsgator.com online reader
Get KDE4/Akonadi/this RSS framework up and running on my N800 so I can *finally* read feeds everywhere and sync them via NG.com

Bugs to track down

aboutToQuit() is not called when manually removing the resource via akonadiconsole (tracked down). aboutToQuit() is called from within AgentBase::quit() so it's invoked only in the second case:
- When removing a resource via akonadiconsole the calling sequence is:
  - AgentManager::removeInstance(instance)
  - org::freedesktop::Akonadi::AgentManager::removeAgentInstance(id) - via D-Bus
  - org::freedesktop::Akonadi::Agent::Control::cleanup() - via D-Bus
- When removing a resource at 'akonadictl stop' the calling sequence is:
  - org::freedesktop::Akonadi::AgentManager::~AgentManager() - from akonadictl
  - org::freedesktop::Akonadi::AgentManager::AgentManager::cleanup()
  - org::freedesktop::Akonadi::Agent::Control::quit() - via D-Bus for every agent

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 == Needs research ==
-* Maildir as storage for RSS articles (code in kdepim/maildir). How reliably will it work on Windows:
-  - the ":" issue
-  - atomacity of hardlinking/unlinking,
-    see [[Projects/PIM/MS_Windows#Maildir_implementation_in_KMail]]
-* libsyndication doesn't provide progress when loading a feed, check whether it's possible to get progress from KIO _at all_
 * What are possible settings for the resource?
 * Read up on OPML/RSS/Atom spec (+ on the itunes podcast extension so we can set appropriate attributes; other extensions?)
-* Nepomuk feeder agent: feed ontology? current state of fulltext search support?
+* Possible Nepomuk RSS ontology (I found one on the web, not sure if it's correct)
-== Current todo ==
+== Long-term project goals ==
-* React on changes made to collections (added/changed/removed)
+* Finish the basic framework (the goal of this SoC project)
-* '''Don't''' forget about status and error messages!
+* Port Akregator to it/rewrite Akregator from scratch
-* Unit tests
+* Improve virtual/search feeds (Nepomuk/Strigi/Akonadi virtual collections?)
-* Define possible API for managing feeds
+* Create a generic RSS Akonadi resource: easy to add other types of RSS sources (RSS feeds from an Openchange server, online feed readers)
+* Implement an RSS resource for the Newsgator.com online reader
+* Get KDE4/Akonadi/this RSS framework up and running on my N800 so I can *finally* read feeds everywhere and sync them via NG.com
 == Bugs to track down ==
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 *** org::freedesktop::Akonadi::AgentManager::AgentManager::cleanup()
 *** org::freedesktop::Akonadi::Agent::Control::quit() - via D-Bus for every agent
-* clicking on 'Save' in akonadiconsole causes crashes
-* possibility to add a resource by double-clicking in akonadiconsole (will make my life _much_ easier)