= Description =

GroundControl is a project to create social development tools which combine the best of collaborative development tools available online right into desktop tools.

 * '''Website:''' http://ground-control.org
 * '''Project:''' https://launchpad.net/groundcontrol/
 * '''Version in Repositories:''' 1.6
 * '''Status:''' Broken

= Version 2.0 =

The first version of ground control was quite rough and required nautilus and gnome 2 to work. The rappid changes in nautilus, gnome, python and especially launchpad api required a re-think of how to organise ad design the project. Thus version 2.0 was started.

 * '''Repository:''' https://code.launchpad.net/~groundcontrollers/groundcontrol/trunk

= Design =

The new design is split into a number of components.

== Core Infrastructure ==

The core is a dbus service/daemon which is run under user privileges. It's job is to provide a standard desktop-wide api to any of a multitude of project websites such as launchpad, github and savanah.

The service provides these dbus objects as collections:

 * '''Services''' - List of supported/installed services, such as launchpad
 * '''Accounts''' - List of enabled accounts
 * '''Projects''' - List of known local projects (search for remote projects done on service)
 * '''Branches''' - List of known local branches
 * '''Bugs''' - List of subscribed bugs

And thus these dbus objects as items:

 * '''Service''' - Interface for a service, enabled capabilities, online status, search for projects etc
 * '''Account''' - Interface for an account, identification, keys, names, avatars etc
 * '''Project''' - Interface for a project, authorised capabilities, searches for branches and bugs
 * '''Branch''' - Interface for a branch, maybe bzr, git etc, includes all basic functions such as pushing, pulling, merging etc.
 * '''Bug''' - Interface for subscribed bug. Bug details, comments, attached branch etc

== Authentication ==

Because we have a new '''Ubuntu Online Accounts''' functionality, the current authorisation mechanisms should be replaced with a set of integrations into this new desktop wide functionality. The above dbus API is not duplicating UOA because it's providing access to normalised functionality for a variety of services.

== Dash Searching ==

The easiest functionality after the core is dash search integration. There are already semi-working plugins to allow searching for projects, bugs and developers.

== Messaging/notifier ==

Probably the hardest or most impossible feature. Integrating any messages about projects and changes in bug statuses would require polling and a non-standard way of checking for updates. But there is no reason why there couldn't be good support for these messages eventually.

== Integrated Editor ==

The editor is a the main functionality, it allows a developer to enter a project, get a branch and start hacking on it right away. It takes over from the old nautilus plugin and allows branch and project management, opening files as well as in-line editing.

There is a version in the repository which is not nearly finished.

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