19:56 <popey> #startmeeting ubuntu touch file manager app meeting
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19:56 <popey> hi ajalkane / CarlosMazieri_
19:57 <CarlosMazieri_> hi popey
19:57 <ajalkane> howdy popey
19:57 <popey> blueprint: https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu-phone-commons/+spec/initial-filemanager-development
19:57 * balloons apologies for the giant merge
19:57 <popey> bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-filemanager-app/+bugs?orderby=-id&start=0
19:57 <balloons> especially to poor michael who is not here
19:57 <popey> reviews: https://code.launchpad.net/ubuntu-filemanager-app/+activereviews
19:57 <popey> burndown: http://status.ubuntu.com/coreapps-13.10/
19:59 <popey> how you doing guys?
19:59 <popey> I was at OSCOn last week, and surprised a few people when demonstrating the phone - "look, it even has a file manager" :D
20:00 <ajalkane> that's nice to hear :)
20:00 <CarlosMazieri_> nice
20:00 <ajalkane> I've tried to follow development, but as warned haven't had much time except for throwing some e-mails back and forth
20:01 <popey> thats fine, we knew your time was limited ajalkane
20:03 <CarlosMazieri_> popey: i'd like to know it there is problem about executing another process for https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-filemanager-app/+bug/1202472 ?
20:03 <CarlosMazieri_> it has been some discussion about platform will not allow it.
20:03 <popey> will not allow one app to spawn another?
20:04 <CarlosMazieri_> yes, that is my question
20:04 <ajalkane> Yes, there's  been discussion in mailing list that the apps are being run in some sort of jail and invoking other apps is pretty restricted
20:05 <popey> so this week a lot of the developers are at a sprint on the Isle of Man.. and there has been some discussion about this
20:05 <popey> i believe as part of the url handler, this should be sorted
20:05 <popey> which I think should be done by the end of the month
20:05 <popey> mhall119: is that how you understand the url handler to help here?
20:06 <ajalkane> Ok, but the consensus seems to be that QtProcess can't be used as such but some dedicated API will have to be used?
20:07 <popey> yeah, re-reading the irc communication, it looks like there will be an api for launching urls
20:07 <popey> perhaps app://terminal  as well as url:// ...
20:08 <popey> in a similar way to xdg-open
20:08 <CarlosMazieri_> OK, that means, we have to wait, right?
20:08 <popey> until the end of this month, yes
20:09 <CarlosMazieri_> OK, thanks.
20:09 <popey> saviq is the developer working on it
20:10 <CarlosMazieri_> on Nemo emulator and N9 device QProcess is allowed, I have made a small test app.
20:11 <mhall119> popey: yes, Qt.openUrlExternally should work by the end of August
20:11 <popey> so starting very soon, all apps will be "sandboxed"
20:11 <popey> thanks mhall119
20:11 <popey> this will have an impact on the file manager
20:11 <mhall119> it already works on the desktop, I think, just not on devices
20:12 <ajalkane> yes on desktop openUrlExternally works. And we've used it I think
20:14 <ajalkane> What's the timeline for a non-beta release that appears on either a dedicated device or some existing device? In relation how timeconsuming tasks we'd consider...
20:14 <popey> the "1.0" release is in sync with desktop, so end of October
20:15 <popey> on devices.. after that
20:15 <ajalkane> Ok, so real soon now
20:15 <popey> yeah, time is getting short
20:16 <ajalkane> Can you estimate if there's any other possible regressions in functionality except of application launching regarding File Manager coming`
20:16 <ajalkane> ?
20:17 <popey> good question
20:17 <popey> my main concern is that the app isolation will hide the entire filesystem from the filemanager app
20:17 <popey> having not tested it yet, I dont know if that will be the case
20:17 <ajalkane> That'd be major regression :P
20:17 <popey> somewhat, yes ☻
20:18 <ajalkane> I can only say that I hope the security guys are being known about such use case in some way.
20:21 <popey> it's a tricky one really.
20:21 <ajalkane> I know, depending how flexible the security framework is
20:21 <popey> its hard to isolate every app and then give a blanket exception for a very powerful app like a filemanager
20:22 <popey> this stuff is landing very soon though, it wont be long before we see the effects
20:22 <popey> I'll be testing the very early images on devices as soon as I can
20:23 <popey> as will mhall119 ☻
20:23 <ajalkane> Waiting in dread what comes :)
20:23 <popey> hah
20:25 <popey> I'll let you know as soon as I know more.
20:25 <popey> any other things to discuss?
20:26 <CarlosMazieri_> Not from my side
20:27 <popey> ok. thanks for being awesome as always guys!
20:27 <ajalkane> thanks!
20:28 <popey> #endmeeting