budgeting -gnome2 or devel

[Darin Willits]

Hi all,

Well, I have had some success over the past few days tinkering around in
the gnucash but I have a couple questions before I proceed too far.  

So far, I have been able to figure out how to create new structures, add
them to the currently open book, and link them up to the GUI.  My budget
struct at this point doesn't consist of much more than an name and
description so don't get too excited. ;-)  I have basically been
familiarising myself with the workings of the existing code.

My main question is about the front end and where I should be developing
it, in the gnome2 branch or HEAD?  Here are my thoughts on the pro's and
con's of each:

Developing on gnome2 branch:
Pros:
- going forward it seems like this is the best place to be.  Doing the
work here initially would seem to be more consistent with the overall
direction of the project.
- access to the GtkTreeView which has in-place editing support which
would be a must have for the budget workbench.
- everything looks nicer! ;-)
- I might be "forced" to help fix some outstanding gnome2 issues.  

Cons:
- current code base is unstable, and incomplete.  Not a huge deal as
this will be a new component, but as I start wanting to test more than
the most basic functionality I will need access to the rest of the app.
- might take longer to get the budgeting out to the public.



Developing on HEAD:
Pros:
- This is where I have been working so far so it might be easier/faster
to get something in place.
- more people to test and suggest refinements to the design.  

Cons:
- Will have to port over GUI code at some point anyway.  I hate doing
things twice!
- Have to find a suitable widget to do the workbench with.  I am looking
at GtkSheet (http://gtkextra.sourceforge.net/) right now, but I don't
know how hard it would be to port this to gnome2 or even if you would
want to.


I am kinda leaning towards the gnome2 option but I am open to
suggestions. 

Any thoughts?

Cheers,

Darin