Advogato blog for Bodnar42

23 Sep 2000

Sat, 23 Sep 2000 09:09:29 GMT

Well, NetHunter won't be able to apply my fixes until Saturday, so the UI changes will hafta wait. However, I did add 4GB file support and got to clean up the interfaces (in a API sense, not a UI sense) a bit. Hopefully I didn't break anything after all the stress testing I did on the code a few days ago...

Oh, a word on the 4 gig file support: it seems to be entirely supported by the ICQ protocol, but it requries an OS can support files larger than 2GB on both ends. I was thinking of adding real large file support (i.e. 64 bits), but that would require extending the ICQ protocol, and using 64bit file pointers and size variables everywhere, and its really not worth it right now. GnomeICU can currently deal with 64bit files internally well enough, but it won't be able to express sizes larger than 4GB to the other end or calculate percentage/KBPS once you cross the 4GB boundry. So, yeah, being able to express a whole 2 more gigs is a pretty good deal, but don't expect anything better any time soon...

21 Sep 2000

Thu, 21 Sep 2000 06:20:34 GMT

Totally hacked apart the file transfer for the GnomeICU 1.0 bugfix cycle. Compared to the code in CVS, my tree is much more stable, and gets significantly better throughput (~25% on a cable modem), without adding any new features. It's also rather less glitchy...

I'll send NetHunter the patch tommorow, and then start the file transfer UI overhaul for NetHunter's planned UI fixup release. Will probably also add a few small other features, but the file transfer code is virtually feature complete as it is.

But I gotta sleep right now, it hurts to live...

7 Jul 2000

Fri, 7 Jul 2000 08:25:25 GMT

I've stabilized batch file transfers quite nicely, and fixed the inefficencies in receiving files left over from the original GnomeICU code. I've also done alot of file transfer UI hacking recently, I'm about three quarters done the UI changes targeted for the next patch. The file transfer code is very near release quality, now all I need is free time to finish it off and send it away to David.

I've decided that auto accepting of file transfers will make it in to this patch, because the UI changes worked out just right, so receiving file transfers and auto accepting file transfers share about 85% of their code in a way which is not immediately obvious, and the saving/loading of the auto accepting configuration is already in the CVS. So, it will be almost trivial to add the few extra lines necessary to activate auto accepting.

4 Jul 2000

Tue, 4 Jul 2000 11:36:27 GMT

More GnomeICU hacking, got multi-file transfers working correctly, now for some horrible UI hacking before sending a release candidate patch off. Might implement auto-accpeting of file transfers in this patch to, but it's more likely to get thrown in with patch #3 - "finishing touches/brown paper bag fixes"

I''m terribly sleep deprived and feeling a bit off, so I think I'll sign off for tonight, but first, my final thought: I NEED MORE OPEN SOURCE PROJECTS I CAN HACK ON!

3 Jul 2000

Mon, 3 Jul 2000 10:41:14 GMT

After a bit of a coding break due to social buisiness, I dove right back in to the second part of the file transfer code. Got a passable UI working, and the backend straightend out to the point where it compiles without warnings, but is still braindamaged.

Lots of bugs have been fixed, optimizations made, and the file tranfer UI has been pryed apart from the backend. The new code is going to be good once its done. It has a few fixes and cleanups which should really be put in CVS through a fixup patch right now, but I'm much too lazy for that.

Tommorow I'll probably wake up, work on the horrible UI a bit more, then go right back to getting the backend fully functional. But I'm incredibly tired right now, to the point where writing this diary entry is horrribly challenging, so I'm going to go to sleep now.

29 Jun 2000

Thu, 29 Jun 2000 09:47:51 GMT

I dove headlong in to part two of the file transfer update, and it's turning out well so far. Most of the issues remaining are on the UI level, which is a problem. I've been fumbling around with GTK code, and am slowly making progress. Also cleanup and the dreaded debug cycle is left, but the end is in sight.

I saw NetHunter's proposals for the new file transfer dialog , it's very impressive. NetHunter is a UI genius, the new dialog is cleaner and easier to use than the current dialog, but allows for all the crazy new features the new low-level file transfer code has that Windows ICQ doesn't even have (file queue managment, for one) . I can't wait till the dialog is in CVS,

28 Jun 2000

Wed, 28 Jun 2000 08:32:30 GMT

Done alot of coding recently. The part one of my new file transfer code is in the CVS, it turned out rather well as far as my works in progress usually go. Part two of the file transfer update will implement batch file transfers, auto accepting of file transfers, and generally polish the code. i seem to be the new maintainer of the file transfer code, which is okay by me.

26 Jun 2000

Mon, 26 Jun 2000 20:24:00 GMT

Just got me an advogato account after NetHunter pestered me to do it for the 23th time. Started working on the beginnings of a rewrite of the file transfer subsystem for GnomeICU, but I feel kind of off today, so work was cut short. I have a feeling tommorow will be much more productive unless some social event occurs.

Oh, for those interested in GnomeICU's future file transfer subsystem (yes, I'm confident it will get merged, anything is better than the current system), here's the highlights versus GnomeICU 0.93:

GnomeICU's UI will remain responsive during file transfers, because they will finally use the GTK+ event model
Can do multiple file transfers to/from one contact at a time without crashing and burning
Supports sending and receiving batch file transfers