[Gzz-commits] fenfire/docs/history Milestones.rst

[Benja Fallenstein]

CVSROOT:        /cvsroot/fenfire
Module name:    fenfire
Changes by:     Benja Fallenstein <address@hidden>      03/04/29 13:56:27

Modified files:
        docs/history   : Milestones.rst 

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        milestones

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--- fenfire/docs/history/Milestones.rst:1.10    Tue Apr 29 05:44:54 2003
+++ fenfire/docs/history/Milestones.rst Tue Apr 29 13:56:27 2003
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@
 The project starts as a work project for some students, Vesa Parkkinen
 and Heikki Maaranen, as a C++ version using Gtk for graphics.
 
+In parallel, Benja Fallenstein writes a ZigZag implementation
+in Python.
+
 2000
 ====
 
@@ -78,8 +81,14 @@
 prerelease in September, first full release (0.1.0) two weeks later.
 0.4.0 is released in December.
 
+Benja designs and implements Flowing Clang, a simple imperative
+clang with a dataflow-like view. Benja starts to implement
+the key bindings in Flowing Clang, but this doesn't succeed because
+there is no way to share the ZZ space containing the
+bindings definitions, yet.
+
 Antti-Juhani also becomes the hostmaster/postmaster for
-www.gzigzag.org etc.  q After abandoning Clang work, Antti-Juhani
+www.gzigzag.org etc. After abandoning Clang work, Antti-Juhani
 goes on to design a network protocol for sharing spaces.
 
 Katariina Ervasti (a graduated humanist from Vaasa) joins the project.
@@ -100,6 +109,11 @@
 
 Tuomas is ??? weeks on sick leave.
 
+During a visit to Finland, Benja starts a redesign of the
+vob system, based on hierarchical structures. However,
+there are many design problems that cannot be resolved.
+The design is put on ice.
+
 Antti-Juhani continues working on release engineering.  Three releases
 are made (0.5.0, 0.5.1 and 0.6.0).  He also worked on making new
 releases understand old data (a frequent complaint from Marlene at the
@@ -112,11 +126,16 @@
 Antti-Juhani's work on the network protocol continues and a spec is
 nearly finished.  He implements a stripped-down version.
 
+A complete rewrite of GZigZag is started, destined to be 0.8.
+In many ways more ambitious than the previous version,
+this rewrite is never finished; it is abandoned after 1 1/2
+years when the project switches to using RDF (see below).
+
 Tuomas comes up with the idea of Mediaserver and the network protocol
 stuff is abandoned in favour of Mediaserver.
 
 While contributing to Mediaserver, Antti-Juhani comes up with the name
-Storm (for STorage Module) for a subcomponent of Mediaserver. He
+Storm (for STORage Module) for a subcomponent of Mediaserver. He
 writes the first version of the future HTTP-Kit as part of
 Mediaserver.
 
@@ -126,12 +145,14 @@
 Summer:
 -------
 
-Tuomas, Tuukka, Benja, Kimmo, (anyone else?) give presentations at the
-ZigZag workshop at the HyperText'01 conference.
+Rauli Ruohonen invents the name "Buoys."
 
+Tuomas, Tuukka, Benja and Antti-Juhanni give presentations at the
+ZigZag workshop at the HyperText'01 conference. 
 Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho and Benja Fallenstein deliver a joint talk on
-ZZ programming langauages at the first ZZ workshop at HT01
-(http://www.mit.jyu.fi/antkaij/plinzz.html)
+ZZ programming langauages (http://www.mit.jyu.fi/antkaij/plinzz.html).
+
+Kimmo presents a short paper at the HT'01 conference.
 
 Fall:
 -----
@@ -163,6 +184,8 @@
 nobody did the necessary boring work of renaming to the stable code,
 so GZZ never entered Debian.
 
+Tuomas redesigns the vob system based on coordinate systems.
+
 Janne Kujala starts working full-time with the project.
 
 Tuomas invents unique backgrounds using procedural texturing and
@@ -180,6 +203,13 @@
 Basic design of storm (xanalogical hypertext using GUIDs) published by
 Tuomas and Benja at HT'02. Benja gives the presentation as Tuomas
 doesn't want to travel to the US.
+
+In an attempt to make Gzz 0.8 usable, Benja does ad-hoc extensions 
+to the vob system to allow for hierarchy (coordinate systems
+containing other coordinate systems). In cooperation with Tuomas,
+the design is improved.
+
+The PEG process is started.
 
 Irregular edges invented