On the road of Glances version 4.x

[nicolargo]

Glances 3.4.x will be the latest versions (only hotfix will be merged) with a full support of Python 2.7 and Python 3 < 3.8.

The new develop branch (future version 4) will only support Python 3.8 or higher.

• release Glances 3.4.0 (from the develop branch)
• create a new support/glancesv3 branch from the develop branch (hotfix for Glances 3.x): https://github.com/nicolargo/glances/tree/support/glancesv3
• merge develop into glancesv4 branch
• merge glancesv4 into develop branch
• remove glances v4 branch
• refine the roadmap for Glances v4 - https://github.com/nicolargo/glances/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+milestone%3A%22Glances+4.0.0%22

cc: @RazCrimson @fr4nc0is @notFloran

[nicolargo]

Roadmap for Glances version 4.0.0

Code refactoring (better to be done before others issues):

• Use Pydantic as Data Validator / Storage #2182
• Refactor the code to make it compliant with Python 3 typing #2404
• Use PACT (contract) for API module #2198
• Use asyncio for plugins update #2183
• Change the way AMP are loaded #1930
• Refactor alias configuration and allow alias for fs devices #1735
• Action plugin should be refactor to take into account the new decision tree #2416
• API: How to calculate "VERT" & "RES" values shown in Glances webpage? #2426
• Rest API version should be change from 3 to 4 #2610

CursesUI, WebUI and Restful API improvement/refactoring:

• Replace Bottle by FastAPI #2181
• Split Glances (Core) and Glances (WebUI) in two seperated repositories/packages #2114
• How to configure/format/reorg the web-server display? #1515
• Theming Glances Web UI? #2048
• Please add a startup flag to select an alternate web server static file path #2612
• Getting field information (description, unit) from the API #2630
• Refactor Alert data model from list of list to list of dict #2633
• Improve Restful API documentation embeded in FastAPI #2632
• Showing the full arguments on the command column of the TASKS Section of the Web UI. #2634
• Make the left menu configurable (in Curses and WebUI) #2648
• Refactor the QuickLook plugin to add Load #2662
• On Linux OS, add guest CPU stat #2667

Improve GPU plugin:

• Refactor GPU plugin for multiple GPU type support #2409
• GPU monitoring (INTEL) #994
• GPU monitoring (AMD / ATI) #993
• GPU Monitoring (ARM / RaspberryPi) #1048

Others Improvements:

• Refactor the way stats are grabbed and compute #2414
• Export individual processes stats #794
• Make all results from amp plugins exportable #2394
• Is there anyway to configure an API token ?  #1995
• History is not available in client/server mode #1882
• Sparkline not working in server/client mode #1881
• Speed up Glances launch #1534
• Export while in server mode #1527
• Allow processlist columns to be selected in config file #1524
• Make all command line configuration option available in the glances.conf file #1432
• Feature request: make the central client UI configurable (example: GPU status) #1289
• Running both server and webserver at the same time #995
• Feature Request: Ability to hide Engine and Pod columns in Containers #2423
• API documentation is not complete #2481

News features:

• Ubuntu Multipass VM orschestartor  #2252
• QuestDB output plugin #1989
• PPID not displayed? #1626

Bugs to be corrected:

• Docker plugins do not work as expected inside Glances docker images  #2392
• Alerts showing different time than time plugin #2214
• [WINDOWS] Glances quit when terminal is resized #2213
• Replace the Wifi lib by a new one #1377

Full current release note: https://github.com/nicolargo/glances/issues?q=is%3Aclosed+milestone%3A%22Glances+4.0.0%22