Information about the 0.1 Release of Chandler

This page tells where to go for more information on the Chandler 0.1 Release specifically, and on Chandler and OSAF in general.

While we are still very early in the design and implementation process, we intend for this 0.1 release to make us a more fully open project. We have made the release available for download, opened up our bug tracking database, and opened our source code repository. We have also spent quite a bit of time in the past few weeks focusing on improving our code and documentation.

We are focusing first on architectural issues, not end-user features, yet there are some interesting things to look at in this release. In particular, the outlines of the Chandler peer-to-peer sharing framework are visible. There are also the very crude beginnings of a calendar and contact manager to play with. Note that we've only barely started to work on user interface issues. Rest assured that future releases will bring dramatic improvement in this area as well.

The 0.1 release does have a fair amount of the framework for writing "viewer parcels" -- plug-ins that can be added to Chandler extremely easily. In fact, two of our sample viewer parcels were written by OSAF team members who were not hired as programmers and who were completely unfamiliar with the tools.

In future releases, we will improve both the architectural framework and user experience significantly, with a short-term emphasis on novel features over robustness or well-understood features. We need to incorporate our original features as early as possible so that we can explore their implications, and we need to make it as easy as possible to implement those original features.

Technical information

End-user documentation

• General end-user documentation
• Chandler README
• All known bugs in the current build (which shortly will not be the same as the 0.1 release)
• Major bugs found after 0.1 release
• File a bug
• Discuss a design choice on the mailing lists
• Discuss a design choice or feature request on the wiki
• Parcels other people have developed for Chandler

Developer documentation

• General developer documentation (including how to download and build the source)
• a high-level overview of the Chandler architecture
• Architecture diagram
• How to write a Viewer Parcel for Chandler (To a first approximation, you can think of a Viewer Parcel as a plug-in.)
• Chandler data model and the 0.1 Data Model
• Coding style guidelines
• If you write a parcel, a place to put it

Non-technical information

• Chandler Compelling Vision
• Purpose and Goals of the 0.1 release
• 0.1 Release Components
• Chandler Licensing Plan
• Chandler License
• Product Roadmap -- feature introduction strategy
• Chandler Product ProductFAQ^?
• OSAF's background

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Contributors

• MitchellBaker OSAF - 25 Feb 2003
• DuckySherwood OSAF - 18 Apr 2003