2013-09-10, 02:03
When will retroplayer be done? when when when? if you've been wanting to ask this question, here's some hard numbers 
I'm getting ready to submit a PR to master. The PR will probably be 10K sloc (source lines of code). RetroPlayer is currently 16K sloc, so the PR will physically be ~60% of what is currently RetroPlayer. The PR will include most components. Save states (5K sloc) will not be included in the PR, and Game Info Tags (1.3K sloc) are toast (they didn't work anyways). In the future, the Game Info Tags component will be replaced by PyRomInfo (remember that side project from a few months ago?)
In the last 5 days, I've refactored 2.5K sloc (25% of the upcoming PR). I've gotten rid of most hacks and abstracted/encapsulated the shit out of everything else. Most importantly, I finally consider the refactored code presentable (tbh, downright sexy). What I have left to refactor: the input subsystem (600 sloc), possibly the joystick api (2K sloc), rip out as much Game Info Tag code as possible (I'll try to get this down to < 300 sloc), and the MyGames window (600 sloc, but this part will be quick).
When I finish the refactor, I plan to launch a massive bug hunt and I'll need all the help I can get (yes, I will upload executables). I'll document the shit out of RetroPlayer on the xbmc wiki (I'll need some help with this too), I'll upgrade OpenELEC RetroPlayer to 3.1.7, and I'll finally update the linux x86 emulators
I hope you can all join me when the final sprint starts. I'm starting school part-time soon (it's been a long while since i've taken any classes), so my goal for submitting the PR is the 25th of september (about 2 weeks). I started RetroPlayer exactly 1 year ago, and from the refactor it's fun to see how much my programming has changed over the last year.
I'm putting RetroPlayer on the agenda for Devcon in october, and now that the code is finally polished I hope to bring in some other team members at devcon. The end is in sight! Thanks for all your enthusiasm!
I'm getting ready to submit a PR to master. The PR will probably be 10K sloc (source lines of code). RetroPlayer is currently 16K sloc, so the PR will physically be ~60% of what is currently RetroPlayer. The PR will include most components. Save states (5K sloc) will not be included in the PR, and Game Info Tags (1.3K sloc) are toast (they didn't work anyways). In the future, the Game Info Tags component will be replaced by PyRomInfo (remember that side project from a few months ago?)
In the last 5 days, I've refactored 2.5K sloc (25% of the upcoming PR). I've gotten rid of most hacks and abstracted/encapsulated the shit out of everything else. Most importantly, I finally consider the refactored code presentable (tbh, downright sexy). What I have left to refactor: the input subsystem (600 sloc), possibly the joystick api (2K sloc), rip out as much Game Info Tag code as possible (I'll try to get this down to < 300 sloc), and the MyGames window (600 sloc, but this part will be quick).
When I finish the refactor, I plan to launch a massive bug hunt and I'll need all the help I can get (yes, I will upload executables). I'll document the shit out of RetroPlayer on the xbmc wiki (I'll need some help with this too), I'll upgrade OpenELEC RetroPlayer to 3.1.7, and I'll finally update the linux x86 emulators
I hope you can all join me when the final sprint starts. I'm starting school part-time soon (it's been a long while since i've taken any classes), so my goal for submitting the PR is the 25th of september (about 2 weeks). I started RetroPlayer exactly 1 year ago, and from the refactor it's fun to see how much my programming has changed over the last year.I'm putting RetroPlayer on the agenda for Devcon in october, and now that the code is finally polished I hope to bring in some other team members at devcon. The end is in sight! Thanks for all your enthusiasm!
