Hey guys, Talked to Moishe, and he was comfortable letting us update the roadmap with some Channel API options.
http://code.google.com/appengine/docs/roadmap.html <http://code.google.com/appengine/docs/roadmap.html>So there you have it: Quota and presence improvements for Channel API We don't have an ETA yet, but we're fairly confident we can get these out in the timeframe of a few months, if not sooner. I'll take a look at some of the other items and see what needs to be removed. I really only see "availability and latency options" as something we can remove. Background servers refers to a *different*, awesome feature we are working on, not 10 minute offline tasks. -- Ikai Lan Developer Programs Engineer, Google App Engine Blogger: http://googleappengine.blogspot.com Reddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/appengine Twitter: http://twitter.com/app_engine On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 7:20 PM, supercobra <superco...@gmail.com> wrote: > +1 for updating the roadmap. > > -- superco...@gmail.com > http://supercobrablogger.blogspot.com/ > > > > On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 9:16 PM, James Broberg <jbrob...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Slightly OT but the roadmap could sure do with an update. A couple of > > those "Features on Deck" are already in the current SDK. > > > > On 4 February 2011 07:55, Ikai Lan (Google) <ikai.l+gro...@google.com> > wrote: > >> In general, we don't make comments on upcoming features. You are welcome > to > >> check the roadmap for updates: > >> http://code.google.com/appengine/docs/roadmap.html > >> While we're planning Channel API improvements, have you looked into > >> providers such as beaconpush.com or pubnub.com? If there's a product > you are > >> looking to build, you should take a pragmatic approach and look into > what'll > >> work instead of being blocked waiting on features that need to be > >> implemented. > >> > >> -- > >> Ikai Lan > >> Developer Programs Engineer, Google App Engine > >> Blogger: http://googleappengine.blogspot.com > >> Reddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/appengine > >> Twitter: http://twitter.com/app_engine > >> > >> > >> On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 10:36 AM, Peter Petrov <onest...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >>> > >>> Today there was a GAE SDK 1.4.2 prerelease. I was quite disappointed > that > >>> it had no Channel API related updates/improvements in the release > notes. > >>> Since there is also no official roadmap announced for the Channel API, > can > >>> we get some unofficial update about the features and improvements > coming in > >>> the near/distant future? > >>> > >>> Here is a short wishlist from me: > >>> > >>> 1. Batch send method (efficiently fan-out one message to a potentially > >>> large number of channels). Moishe said this was planned some time ago. > >>> > >>> 2. Channel presence (connect/disconnect notifications to the > application). > >>> This is also being worked on according to Moishe. > >>> > >>> 3. Charge CPU on channel disconnect time, instead of token creation > time. > >>> This would allow us to pay for the actual usage, instead of the current > >>> fixed 2-hour tokens, which require us to implement complex and > imperfect > >>> token reuse schemes. Hopefully this shouldn't be too hard to implement > given > >>> that you are already working on disconnect notifications. > >>> > >>> 4. Direct access to the lower Channel API layers for non-browser based > >>> clients, bypassing the JavaScript long-polling Comet layer. E.g. > something > >>> like allowing a client to connect via XMPP to > channel...@appspotchannel.com > >>> using the channel_token as password. > >>> > >>> Any status updates regarding these or other planned improvements would > be > >>> appreciated. 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