Re: [Server-devel] Server-devel Digest, Vol 78, Issue 8

2013-10-07 Thread Tony Anderson
Hi, It is important to download content to the XO so that children can access them offline. This is not a technical problem. In the Karma Learning System, this is done using cgi-scripts which access the school server using sftp. Tony On 10/07/2013 12:00 PM,

[Server-devel] Reminder: XSCE IRC scrum tomorrow (8th October), 1600 UTC / 1200 EDT on #schoolserver/irc.freenode.net

2013-10-07 Thread Anish Mangal
Hi fellow server-hackers! We will be having our fifth IRC scrum meeting tomorrow 8th October on 1600 UTC / 1200 EDT at the #schoolserver channel (irc.freenode.net). The meeting will be logged by a supybot instance. Please start filling in your points to discuss in the rolling agenda document

[Server-devel] Fwd: XS-CE Setup Issue

2013-10-07 Thread Anish Mangal
Hi, I got this email for an error log of a xsce-0.4, 64 bit installation. Any ideas? (I've asked the person concerned to join server-devel, so he can ask questions directly in the future). Best, Anish -- Forwarded message -- From: John Lillis johnmichael...@gmail.com Date: Fri,

Re: [Server-devel] Fwd: XS-CE Setup Issue

2013-10-07 Thread Jerry Vonau
On Mon, 2013-10-07 at 12:45 -0700, Anish Mangal wrote: Hi, I got this email for an error log of a xsce-0.4, 64 bit installation. Any ideas? (I've asked the person concerned to join server-devel, so he can ask questions directly in the future). Best, Anish -- Forwarded

[Server-devel] XSCE | Proposing a quick turnaround 0.4.5 release

2013-10-07 Thread Anish Mangal
Since 0.4 was just released, it is a good moment to talk about future development efforts. I spent this weekend thinking about the progress we have made through this release, not just in terms of development effort, but growth as a community. What follows in this email below is a set of ideas and

Re: [Server-devel] Server-devel Digest, Vol 78, Issue 8

2013-10-07 Thread Anish Mangal
First, I'm not sure what Anna is describing is push based in a pure technical sense. The client receiving files must either be always online or poll some central server to see if there is anything to be downloaded. To the end user, it's push based, but technically, it's still polling by the client

Re: [Server-devel] XSCE | Proposing a quick turnaround 0.4.5 release

2013-10-07 Thread James Cameron
Don't number it 0.4.5, instead number it 0.5, and push any plans you had for 0.5 out to 0.6. The sooner you get to 1.0 the more acceptable the version number will become. 0.4, based on the descriptions I see, is already 1.0 fodder. Ansible sounds fine, but you haven't said what it is for; no

Re: [Server-devel] XSCE | Proposing a quick turnaround 0.4.5 release

2013-10-07 Thread Anish Mangal
On Mon, Oct 7, 2013 at 9:51 PM, James Cameron qu...@laptop.org wrote: Don't number it 0.4.5, instead number it 0.5, and push any plans you had for 0.5 out to 0.6. The sooner you get to 1.0 the more acceptable the version number will become. 0.4, based on the descriptions I see, is already