Road To 1.0

This document helps the Lazarus team to focus on a 1.0 release in the near future.

The work to be done is divided into 3 targets:

• things to be done before 0.9.14
• things to be done before the 1.0 release
• things to be done after the 1.0 release

Setting the target of a bugfix

When new bugs are entered, we try to give them a target in which version the bug will be fixed. If a bug is set to post 1.0, that means the developers think this bug is not important enough to block a 1.0 release. In order to have a 1.0 sooner rather than later, developers will leave those bugs for later. Of course you can make sure these post 1.0 issues are fixed in the 1.0 release by providing patches for these issues.

Some criteria are:

• Only gtk1 and win32 widget sets are stable in 1.0. So bugs for other widget set (gtk2, carbon) are set to post 1.0.
• Until the 1.0 there will be a feature freeze. New features and components generally get a post 1.0 target. Bugs affecting stability have a higher priority than bugs fixing the implementation of a property.
• Some components are not stable enough and should be disabled for 1.0. If they are disabled, then fixing them before 1.0 will not be necessary.

Work to be done

Target	Responsible	Comment
0.9.14	Vincent	Find out, if Lazarus configuation files can be stored in the profile directory under windows
0.9.14	Vincent	Find out, what needs to be done to make it possible to install Lazarus in c:\Program Files\Lazarus
0.9.14	Vincent	Use fpmkcfg to create a default configuration file
0.9.14	-	Webbugs to be fixed before the next release: target 0.9.14 bugs
0.9.14	Mattias	Copying from KDE applications under gtk (copy text from xterm/kde app)
0.9.14	Mattias	Find out, why sometimes designer controls are invisible (the gtk seems to not draw them, it happens on windows too, see issue 1622) (Repoduce by: Copy+Paste)
0.9.14	Mattias	Create a SuSE package
1.0.0	-	Debugger options
1.0.0	-	DOC Editor
1.0.0	-	Multi replace dialog
1.0.0	-	Export LFM as xml
1.0.0	-	Icon editor
1.0.0	-	Webbugs to be fixed before the 1.0 release: target 1.0 bugs
1.0.0	-	check and warn when open form for uninstalled packages with registration
1.0.0	-	more LCL Documentation (see LCL Documentation Roadmap)
1.0.0	-	fix debugging in windows and linux
1.0.0	-	start protocol: IDE should remember if there is a problem opening a form or project and should not open it on a second start
1.0.0	-	improve make install target
1.0.0	Vincent	add framework for easily using resourcestrings and translations in applications
post 1.0	-	Webbugs to be fixed after the 1.0 release: target post 1.0 bugs
post 1.0	-	Improve TDataModule, so that its components can be used in other forms/datamodules at design time
post 1.0	-	Improve Windows CE interface
post 1.0	-	Improve Carbon interface
post 1.0	-	Improve Qt interface
post 1.0	-	Improve Gtk2 interface

Project roadmap

Various parts of Lazarus

Unit	Item	State	Target	Skills	Responsible	Comments
LCL	Docking (= the combination of forms)	in progress	-	-	-	-
LCL	Graphics	in progress	-	-	-	-
LCL	TControl.Font	in progres	-	-	-	-
LCL	TTabControl	in progress	-	-	-	-
LCL	Constrain maximization to specific area	not implemented	-	-	-	-
LCL	Frames (= forms as childs)	not implemented	-	-	-	-
LCL	MDI - Multiple Documents Interfaces Putting fo ...	not implemented	-	-	-	-
LCL	Palette support	not implemented	-	-	-	-
LCL	TControlBar	not implemented	-	-	-	-
LCL	TDirectoryTreeView	not implemented	-	-	-	-
LCL	TFindDialog	not implemented	-	-	-	-
LCL	TReplaceDialog	not implemented	-	-	-	-
Components	TIcon	in progress	-	-	-	-
GTK	BringToFront, SendToBack	in progress	-	-	-	-
GTK	Doublebuffering	in progress	-	-	-	-
GTK	Minimizing windows	not implemented	-	-	-	-
GTK2	General interface	in progress	-	-	-	-
Gnome	Applets	not implemented	-	-	-	-
Qt	The QT interface	in progress	post 1.0	Qt and LCL	Sekelsenmat	Depends on qt bindings

Widgetset dependent components

Component	win32	gtk	gtk2	carbon	qt	wince
CUPS package and example	-	Working	Working	-	-	-
TArrow	Working	Working	Working	Not Implemented	Not Implemented	Not Implemented
TBevel	Working	Working	Working	Not Implemented	Not Implemented	Not Implemented
TBitBtn	Working	Working	Working	Not Implemented	Not Implemented	Not Implemented
TBitmap	Working	Working	Working	Not Implemented	Not Implemented	Not Implemented
TBrush	Working	Working	Working	Not Implemented	Not Implemented	Not Implemented
TButton	Working	Working	Working	Working	Working	In progress
Calendar	Working	Working	Working	Not Implemented	Not Implemented	Not Implemented
TCheckBox	Working	Working	Working	Not Implemented	Not Implemented	Not Implemented
TCheckGroup	Working	Working	Working	Not Implemented	Not Implemented	Not Implemented
TCheckListBox	Working	Working	Working	Not Implemented	Not Implemented	Not Implemented
TColorDialog	Working	Working	Working	Not Implemented	Not Implemented	Not Implemented
TComboBox	Working	Working	Working	Not Implemented	Not Implemented	Not Implemented
TDrawGrid	Working	Working	Working	Not Implemented	Not Implemented	Not Implemented
TEdit	Working	Working	Working	Not Implemented	Not Implemented	Not Implemented
TFont	Working	Working	Working	Not Implemented	Not Implemented	Not Implemented
TFontDialog	Working	Working	Working	Not Implemented	Not Implemented	Not Implemented
TForm	Working	Working	Working	Not Implemented	In progress	In progress