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Project Direction
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There are many areas of the CFS_Manager project that are in need of development. If you'd like to tackle one of these areas, go ahead and make a pull request. If you'd like to add to this list, you can open an issue on GitHub. You can also contact Alison directly with any feedback or suggestions.

`General contribution guidelines can be found here <contributor_notes.html>`_.


Open Issues
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*Bugs*
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* Inability to store files of the same name

* Autocomplete occasionally returns names that are missing their first letter(s)


*Performance Drains*
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* Cloud systems must be accessed sequentially

* Zipping files is slow. (According to cProfile, the slowest part of the package that isn't network-access.)


Goals
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*Recurring*
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* Writing/editing documentation

* Writing new unit tests *(please help!)*

* Integrating more storage providers

* Test on new operating systems


*Near-term Enhancements*
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* Open cloud files on local machine

* Migrating to a database using SQLAlchemy

* Migrating to standard Python CLI libraries (eg, argparse)

* When multiple files share a name, return list for user confirmation

* Allow users to choose storage order

* Make files that are dropped into a CFS_Manager folder managable


*Medium-term Enhancements*
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* Allow file encryption

* Create architecture for plugins

* Enable users to sign up for new storage providers

* Enable multi-user shared folder access


*Stretch Goals*
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* Have network connections to each cloud run as concurrent processes

* Programmatically determine the best deal on buying extra storage

* Create a GUI for file management

* Make the cloud filesystem locally mountable