[GRASS-PSC] [Motion] Approve Linda's final report and issue the 2nd payment

Tue May 14 11:36:38 PDT 2024

+1, Vaclav

On Tue, 14 May 2024 at 13:46, Anna Petrášová via grass-psc <
grass-psc at lists.osgeo.org> wrote:

> +1 for me!
> Anna
>
> On Tue, May 14, 2024 at 12:29 PM Veronica Andreo via grass-psc <
> grass-psc at lists.osgeo.org> wrote:
>
>> Dear PSC,
>>
>> Linda has just completed her student grant project and submitted the
>> final report (forwarded below).
>>
>> I hereby propose to approve her final report and issue the second
>> payment.
>>
>> Big thanks to Linda and her mentors for their work and commitment! Thanks
>> as well to those testing and providing feedback! Very nice work Linda!!
>> Congratulations!
>>
>> I start with my +1
>>
>> Vero
>>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
>> De: Linda Karlovská via grass-dev <grass-dev at lists.osgeo.org>
>> Date: lun, 13 may 2024 a las 14:15
>> Subject: [GRASS-dev] Final reports for Mini project 2024: Easy command
>> history navigation through the History browser panel
>> To: GRASS developers list <grass-dev at lists.osgeo.org>, <
>> grass-user at lists.osgeo.org>
>>
>> Hello everyone,
>>
>> I am sending the short report for weeks 7-9 and the final report of the
>> Mini Project devoted to improving GUI, particularly the History browser
>> pane. The goal of this project was to provide a user with a better command
>> history navigation and I think it was quite successful :-), you can have a
>> look at screenshots here: [1]
>>
>> *What did I complete during weeks 7-9?*
>> I completed the PR <https://github.com/OSGeo/grass/pull/3421>[2]
>> implementing time node branching in the history tree. Moreover, I also
>> added a button to update the current region based on the region used during
>> command execution (PR <https://github.com/OSGeo/grass/pull/3679>[3]).
>> Besides that, I introduced icons representing command status (success,
>> failed, running, aborted, unknown) and added them in front of history
>> entries (PR <https://github.com/OSGeo/grass/pull/3679>[4]).
>>
>> Thanks Anna Petrasova for the valuable comments in the reviews!
>>
>> *Final report*
>> *Abstract*
>>
>> This project builds upon the work initiated during the OSGeo sprint in
>> Prague in the summer of 2023, which focused on creating a new History
>> Browser panel to facilitate access to the command history. Although the new
>> History Browser panel became available in the GRASS development version
>> starting December 8th (refer to the PR [5]), initially it provided only a
>> basic, single-level display of commands from the history log, with the
>> capability to relaunch commands but lacking detailed command information.
>> This project aims to enhance the basic functionality by incorporating
>> several improvements.
>>
>> *The state of the art BEFORE the start of the Mini project:*
>> The History Browser panel displayed a simple tree of command entries
>> loaded from a plain-text history log. It had only the capability to
>> relaunch commands.
>>
>> *The state of the art AFTER Mini project:*
>> Implemented changes include:
>>
>>    - Transitioning the plain text format of the history log
>>    (.wxgui_history) to JSON format, allowing more information to be stored for
>>    each executed command. Newly, the log stores information about the
>>    timestamp, command status, runtime duration, region settings, and mask
>>    usage.
>>
>>
>>    - Instead of implementing the initially planned context option "Show
>>    Info" and displaying a small dialog with process information, the history
>>    pane was redesigned into two sections. The upper part features the history
>>    tree, while the lower part includes two static boxes presenting information
>>    stored in the history log. The first box contains general details, and the
>>    second box displays the computational region during command execution.
>>
>>
>>    - Adding a symbol in front of each command in the tree based on the
>>    command's status.
>>
>>
>>    - Branching the tree based on the date of command execution - tree is
>>    branched into days and sorted from the Today node to older nodes. Command
>>    nodes are sorted from the oldest to the newest.
>>
>> The task of filtering commands based on status was not addressed during
>> the project due to higher-priority issues that emerged:
>>
>>    - Adding the "Update current region" button, which dynamically
>>    updates the region based on the executed command and its information stored
>>    in the JSON-formatted history log.
>>    - Introducing a new Delete option in the command tree
>>    - Rearranging the Export History button
>>
>> *Next Steps:*
>> Possible improvements for the History browser pane:
>>
>>    - Fixing of command status for nonsense entries (already noted here:
>>    [6]):
>>    - Sorting the commands in the history tree from the newest to oldest
>>    (seems more logical)
>>    - Implementing efficient refresh methods (currently all nodes are
>>    refreshed when adding a command)
>>    - Showing the complete error text if a command fails. (Now there is a
>>    “failed” status written but no clue what actually happened).
>>    - Adding the new combo box restricting the filtering based on the
>>    command status
>>    - Adding the Copy context menu option to command nodes
>>
>> Permanent links to GitHub PRs and screenshots of the improved History
>> Browser pane can be found at [7] and [1].
>>
>>
>> [1]
>> https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki/wxGUIDevelopment/EasyCommandHistoryNavigation#ScreenshotsofHistoryBrowserimprovements
>>
>> [2] https://github.com/OSGeo/grass/pull/3622
>>
>> [3] https://github.com/OSGeo/grass/pull/3421
>>
>> [4] https://github.com/OSGeo/grass/pull/3679
>>
>> [5] https://github.com/OSGeo/grass/pull/3234
>> <https://github.com/OSGeo/grass/pull/3234https:/github.com/OSGeo/grass/pull/3234>
>>
>> [6] https://github.com/OSGeo/grass/issues/3698
>>
>> [7] https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki/wxGUIDevelopment/
>> EasyCommandHistoryNavigation#FinalReport
>>
>> Have a nice week.
>> Linda
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