On Sat, Jun 12, 2010 at 20:03, Bernie Innocenti <ber...@codewiz.org> wrote: > This is the Alpha2 milestone of our Sugar 0.88 series for XO. > Please refer to this page for the current status and download > instructions: > > http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Deployment_Team/Sugar-0.88_Notes > > Surprise surprise! We now have parallel builds for both the XO-1 and the > XO-1.5! > > I'll make an effort to keep the releases synchronized so people can test > on both platforms, but at this time we have no resources to work on > platform specific bugs affecting the XO-1.5. > > > == Changes relative to the previous release (os240py) == > > * Include Sugar 0.88.1 packages (pbrobinson) > > * Rebase unmerged patches on top of 0.88.1 and shave off a few > which are no longer needed. The queue is still very long, help > is needed to upstream as many as possible before release > > * Disabled the hot corners for the frame, as requested by > participants of the OLPC Realness Summit. I'm not convinced > this is really a gain, but let's first see how many people > ask to revert this change (tch, bernie) > > * Disable sshd startup to save time/memory (bernie) > > * add IRC and SIP protocols to Empathy client (bernie) > > * Include the Words activity (bernie) > > * Add a few small content bundles (bernie) > > * Pull latest OS updates from upstream (fedora) > > > == Bugs fixed in this release == > > * xulrunner 1.9.2, attempting to fix font size problems (bernie) > http://bugs.sugarlabs.org/ticket/2018 > > * Prevent double-clicks on entries in the journal from opening > 2-3 instances of the same activity (tch) > > * Rework code to read name widget in the activity toolbar, > although there are still ways to fool it (bernie) > http://bugs.sugarlabs.org/ticket/1948 > > * Fix font size in Terminal (jasg) > > * Fix layout of Record UI, although with a temporary kludge (m_anish) > > * Reconnect to last AP on startup (erikos) > http://bugs.sugarlabs.org/ticket/1883 > > * Fix the nefarious 1-dot boot hang bug (dsd, bernie) > > * Make search box in library homepage narrower so it doesn't overflow > (bernie) > > * Avoid duplicated mesh icons in neighborhood view (tch) > > * Proper Geode video driver fix for the "black boxes on buttons" > bug in GNOME. Note, (frank_huang) > https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15700 > http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/10076 > > NOTE: for safety, I have not yet removed the MigrationHeuristic > option in xorg.conf. Please, try testing without it. > > > == Known bugs == > > We still have a bunch of serious regressions still open: > > * ALT-TAB does not switch between apps (tch, quozl, bernie) > > * Activities sometimes start and remain in window. Window > appears at least briefly on all launches. (aa?) > > * Pulsing launch icon is delayed or absent; occasional "activity > failed to start" message then the activity starts (tch) > > * Measure sometimes locks up on recording, quitting from frame > then brings up metacity dialog "activity is not responding" > (I could never reproduce this myself) > > * Font in Write is small and text does not fill the screen width (jasg) > > * Browse: sometimes clicking links in frames creates tabs > (need someone to look at this. aa?) > > * Turtle Blocks: ctrl-c ctrl-v sometimes do not work (walter) > > * Sugar sometimes restarts; only seen 3 times, twice clicking on > journal and once deleting a journal entry > (can't reproduce this, maybe a geode driver bug. Next time please > check /var/log/Xorg.0.log.old and other logs) > > All the above bugs seem quite hard. Any help fixing them would be > greatly appreciated. > > > == How to help testing == > > Feedback from the entire community is very appreciated, although we're > not planning any further releases of the Sugar 0.84 series. > > Bugs affecting upstream components are better filed in their respective > trackers: > > * Sugar and activities: http://bugs.sugarlabs.org/ > * Fedora 11: http://bugzilla.redhat.com/ > * Drivers and OLPC OS customizations: http://dev.laptop.org/ > * Paraguay-specific bugs: http://trac.paraguayeduca.org/ > > If you're unsure where a bug belongs to, use the Paragauy Educa tracker. > Please, always assign these bugs to "Carlos", who will keep our status > summary updated. > > > == Acknowledgments == > > I wish to thank Paraguay Educa and Activity Central for providing > essential engineering resources to make this effort possible.
Indeed, this is awesome work! Keep it up, Tomeu > I also appreciate the expertise and support of many dedicated community > developers and testers. > > -- > // Bernie Innocenti - http://codewiz.org/ > \X/ Sugar Labs - http://sugarlabs.org/ > > > _______________________________________________ > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > i...@lists.sugarlabs.org > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep > _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel