Hangs when opening and adding new tasks with RTM

[Matt McKeon]

Binary package hint: tasque

Running updated Karmic 9.10 using Remember The Milk as the backend.

tasque:
  Installed: 0.1.8-4
  Candidate: 0.1.8-4
  Version table:
 *** 0.1.8-4 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/universe Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

First starting Tasque it takes noticeably longer then it used to in the past to load the tasks. After a bit the window shows, and stays blank for awhile before any tasks appear.
When adding/editing an existing task it hangs and usually the window greys out before anything happens.

I would expect it to load faster as it used to. Maybe some type of notification so I know its not dead and still working.

This is the output from running on the command line:

tasque --debug
** Running Mono with --debug **
[Debug]: Tasque remote control active.
[Debug]: Backend specified: --debug
[Debug]: Found Available Backend: Tasque.Backends.RtmBackend.RtmBackend
[Debug]: Found Available Backend: Tasque.Backends.Sqlite.SqliteBackend
[Debug]: Found Available Backend: Tasque.Backends.EDS.EDSBackend
[Debug]: Tasque.exe location: /usr/lib/tasque/Tasque.exe
[Info]: Searching for Backend DLLs in: /usr/lib/tasque
[Info]: Reading /usr/lib/tasque/RtmNet.dll
[Debug]: Storing 'Tasque.Backends.RtmBackend.RtmBackend' = 'Remember the Milk'
[Debug]: Storing 'Tasque.Backends.Sqlite.SqliteBackend' = 'Local File'
[Debug]: Storing 'Tasque.Backends.EDS.EDSBackend' = 'Evolution Data Server'
[Debug]: CurrentBackend specified in Preferences: Tasque.Backends.RtmBackend.RtmBackend
[Info]: Using backend: Remember the Milk (Tasque.Backends.RtmBackend.RtmBackend)
[Debug]: Found AuthToken, checking credentials...

(no window, just waiting)

[Debug]: RTM Auth Token is valid!
[Debug]: Setting configured status to true
[Debug]: ThreadState: Unstarted
[Debug]: Configuration status: True

(a blank window)

[Debug]: RtmBackend.UpdateCategories was called
[Debug]: RtmBackend.UpdateCategories is done
[Debug]: RtmBackend.UpdateTasks was called

(a blank window)

[Debug]: RtmBackend.UpdateTasks is done
[Debug]: Backend sync finished
[Debug]: Backend sync finished

(window shows RTM tasks)

[Greg Grossmeier (greg.grossmeier)]

Confirmed with the version of Tasque in Jaunty (0.1.8-1build2) which points to an issue with the RTM backend communication.

[Sandy Armstrong (sanfordarmstrong)]

We had to modify Tasque to enforce RTM's rule of "one request per second", or else RTM was sending corrupt responses. I believe both initial startup and adding tasks consists of multiple requests, which would explain the problem (multiple requests => multiple seconds).

Although reducing the number of requests would be a good thing, the real solution is to implement caching (aka offline support), so that when you start Tasque is loads a cache of what was there last time, and does the sync with RTM in the background so the user has a faster experience. Same with adding/editing...it would happen instantly in the UI, and the sync to RTM would occur in the background.

Patches welcome, as Tasque is not in very active development right now.

[Carsten Heidmann (stranljip)]

Are there any updates on this? I really like tasque as a lightweight interface to RTM, but the delay is annoying. Otherwise: Great tool, thanks for it!