Goal:
Improve I/O, network file access, and disk management, which currently need a lot of work to function adequately in a professional setting.
Here are some ideas in descending order of impact and urgency:
Topics:
Improve KIO's Samba sharing support and ability to supply access to files on Samba shares for non-KDE apps (LibreOffice, Inkscape, GIMP, etc)
This is a critical issue for increasing Plasma adoption among businesses, artists, and anyone who stores or accesses files on network locations and uses non-KDE software in Plasma.
- https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=75324 - Mount network locations locally using FUSE for easy access to non-KIO-using software
- https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=40115 - For non-KIO-using apps, re-upload saved documents to server after every save, not just when quitting the app
- https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=356651 - Copying files to a Samba share resets its timestamp
- https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=390551 - Browsing often doesn't work with Samba 4.7.x
- https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=381301 - Ability to share your whole home directory with Samba
- https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=381688 - Dolphin doesn't prompt you to create a Samba user or password when necessary for Samba to work
- https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=371278 - Samba sometimes needs addresses formatted with username, and crashes Dolphin if it's missing
- Samba support generally very rough and buggy: https://bugs.kde.org/buglist.cgi?component=smb&list_id=1511682&product=kio&resolution=---
Fix outstanding bugs in Solid framework (which controls disk management and mounting)
- https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=389479 and https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=391706 - Many disks not auto-mounted
- https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=270808 - Hard drives not safely spun down after being unmounted
- https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=387454 - MTP support (for Android smartphones) is totally broken with Linux kernel 4.14+
Finally finish up and land PolicyKit support in KIO
- https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=179678
- T6561: Polkit support in KIO
- T8075: Fix security issues with KAuth support in KIO
Improve Places Panel UX
- T8349: Improve Places panel usability and presentation, and in particular...
- https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=389803 - Places panel sections should fold up/collapse by clicking on the headers
- https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=110016 - "Recent Documents" feature in Places Panel
- https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=154499 - Give unmountable external disks a visible eject button
Improve Open/Save dialog UX
Dolphin improvements and new features
- https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=272539 - Add a macOS-like Quick Look feature (klook)
- https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=37300 - Add the ability to colorize tags/labels on files and folders
- https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=175051 - Add the ability to mount ISOs and other disk images nativelty
- https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=386379 - Fix bug causing excessive scroll speed in Icons view with large icons
- https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=367614 - Fix bug causing devices to randomize their sort order every time Dolphin is opened
- https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=301758 - Places panel in Dolphin should truncate/elide long strings rather than showing a horizontal scrollbar
General KIO file management improvements and new features
- https://phabricator.kde.org/D7423 - File creation date support in KIO
- https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=116617 - Preserve xattrs (extended attributes) when moving or copying files
- https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=243160 - Warn before letting users copy files to disks that don't have enough space
- https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=198772 - Don't let users try to copy >4GB files onto FAT32 disks
People that would like to attend:
Suggestions for place and time:
Some place in the USA would be nice :)