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* The UI became unresponsive while the PackageListView was filled with all the packages. This was especially apparent when using the search function, which clears and refills the view with every typed character. * Add a new worker thread with the task of asynchronously filling the PackageListView. When a new data model is adopted, we hand the thread a copy of the visible package list. The worker thread then goes through the list and sends the package infos via BMessage back to the MainWindow, in batches of 20 infos per message. When the 20 entries were added, it acknowledges this to the worker thread which will send the next 20 infos (so UI messages can get in between, keeping it responsive). The lists also get a unique ID so that model changes while the list is populating will invalidate previously sent messages (and cause the worker thread to cancel processing the outdated list). * Search is much nicer to use this way, staying responsive and listing packages while typing. Still not perfect since the PackageListView is still cleared and refilled each time a character is typed, instead of just narrowing down the already displayed package set. But that's to be improved on another day... * Same applies to filling FeaturedPackagesView btw
Haiku
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Haiku is an open-source operating system that specifically targets personal computing. Inspired by the BeOS, Haiku is fast, simple to use, easy to learn and yet very powerful.
Goals
- Sensible defaults with minimal configuration required.
- Clean, clear, concise code.
- Unified desktop environment.
Trying Haiku
Haiku provides pre-built nightly images and release images. Haiku is compatible with a large variety of hardware, but in case you don't want to "take the plunge" and install Haiku on bare metal, you can install it on a virtual machine (VM) instead. If you've never used a VM before, you can follow one of the "Emulating Haiku" guides.
Compiling Haiku
See ReadMe.Compiling.
Contributing
Haiku is a meritocratic open source project with a large variety of tasks. Even if you can't write code, you can still help! Haiku needs designers, (technical) writers, translators, testers... Get involved and help out!
Contributing code
If you're submitting a patch to us, please make sure you're following the patch submitting guidelines.
If you're having trouble finding something in the source tree, you can use one of our OpenGrok servers:
- http://xref.plausible.coop/ (provided by Landon Fuller)
- http://code.metager.de/source/xref/haiku (provided by MetaGer)
Contributing documentation
The main piece of documentation that still needs work are the API docs (found
in the tree at docs/user). Just find an undocumented class, write
documentation for it, and submit a patch.
Contributing translations
See wiki:i18n.
Contributing software ports
See HaikuPorts.