Hi Martin, On 20 Mar 2010, at 15:54, Martin Langhoff wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 10:23 PM, Mel Chua <[email protected]> wrote: >> The short version is that instead of "include all Activites by default," >> we're thinking of shipping very few (6) Activities by default - the ones >> that help users get further Activities and help > > I read Sebastian's post... and is less drastic than that. He seems to > say: include only the well tested, known to work, actively maintained > activities, with an eye towards activitries that serve as a good intro > to the platform and that demo well. > > But you say only 6... Which one is it? This is what I see in the kickstart file: http://git.sugarlabs.org/projects/soas/repos/mainline/blobs/master/fedora-livecd-soas.ks # == sugar activities == sugar-browse # Because they need this to install activities. sugar-log # Because they need this for debugging. sugar-physics # Because this is a great demo example (quick demo). sugar-terminal # Because this makes debugging easier. sugar-turtleart # Because this is a great demo example (extended demo). sugar-xoirc # Because this helps us help them. > The initial proposal I like; makes a lot of sense and raises the bar. > IT basically increases the chances of a satisfactory first use. > > Six activities not so much -- you need many steps + internet to add > activities... and it'll be "random activity from ASLO, may well be > unstable or useless". It significantly _reduces_ chances of > satisfaction. > > All IMHO... +1, six does seem rather slim, more of a technical taster for a developer audience (not necessarily a bad thing in the right context). Walter mentioned perhaps making this a Fedora spin, rather than an official SoaS release aimed at our real target users (teachers/children)? Regards, --Gary P.S. I am worried about reports of several previously well working activities that seem to be currently broken in recent SoaS builds (Write and IRC), unfortunately I don't have time to often test under SoaS (other than the official Blueberry) as well as my regular day to day sugar-jhbuild set-up (F10). _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) [email protected] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
