Re: [ros-dev] Roadmap / List of tasks / Attn. all developers

[Rick Langschultz]

-Networking
-- Include ZeroConf networking hosted internally to host uPNP  
applications to other users on the network.

-Filesystem
-- Add support for Networked File Systems to allow Networked  
resources to act as local folders & drives.
-- Automatically defragment files less than 20 megabytes, not read- 
only, not in use, etc.
-- Automatically cache drivers, and executables that a user access  
frequently to reduce load time.

-Security
-- Add support for Access Control Lists embedded in an internal LDAP  
service to restrict users from accessing others files
-- Add Login / Logout / Lock support to explorer, Windows Key + L or  
like that of Windows 2000 or XP
-- Encrypted / Compressed home directories which are actually files  
that mount on login and unmount on Logout something like FileVault on  
Mac OS X.

-Explorer
-- Revamp explorer to look and feel like Windows explorer
-- Remove access to Registry (common users don't use the registry and  
might not even know it is there)
-- Allow indexing and caching of commonly used folders, files, programs
-- Support for Windows XP Sidebar features like commonly used files  
and folders, file properties, etc using standard javascript and html  
which can be turned on/off.

On Mar 28, 2006, at 3:38 AM, Ged Murphy wrote:

>   Aleksey Bragin wrote:
> >  
> >  Attention all ReactOS Developers, please! Your word is very  
> >  valuable here! Please, compile a list of tasks you think ReactOS  
> >  needs and send it here as a reply to this message
> >  
>  Here are some tasks which spring to mind for me. Most are very  
>  general though and aren’t down to a level you exemplified.
>
>  - Network
>  -- Allow setting of address information via ncpa. (This is the only  
>  remaining task for the current 0.3.0 roadmap)
>  -- Salvage the sockets library from Alex’s branch and merge to the  
>  development branch.
>  -- Build on the existing NDIS model introducing support for IM drivers
>  -- Add a default firewall including GUI for user interaction of the  
>  fundamental aspects.
>  -- Add support for packet routing with Network Address Translation.
>  -- Assist and merge with a Win32 port of SMB.
>
>  - Security
>  -- Start to build on the current framework providing basic OS security
>  -- Implement logon / logoff facility linking in with our gina library.
>
>  - Filesystem
>  -- Replace the primary filesystem in place of a journaling system.
>
>  - NT Services
>  -- Add support for starting and stopping services
>
>  - Multimedia
>  -- Continue development on DX initially aiming for hardware  
>  accelerated playability of key games.
>  -- Improve support for existing sound model.
>
>  - Explorer
>  -- Add support for layered windows.
>  -- Add libraries for support of common image formats, including  
>  jpeg, gif and png.
>  -- Improve the graphical design of the UI. Enlist help of graphical  
>  designers / programmers.
>  -- Add support for theming.
>
>  - Drivers
>  -- Continue work on Plug and Play Manager
>  -- Finish off USB support for keyboard and mouse.
>  -- Provide support for drivers written with WDM
>  -- USB support for peripherals such as pendrives and cameras
>
>  - Printing
>  -- Introduce a printing framework.
>
>  - Power Management
>  -- Add support for ACPI and APM. Battery monitoring, processor  
>  throttling, hibernation.
>  -- Introduce shutdown and restart functionality.
>
>  - Build System
>  -- Pick up CIS and incorporate into a build farm preferably  
>  situated within a university.
>  -- Improve regression testing facilities using Wine where possible.
>  -- Build ReactOS with MSVC and PSDK.
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