Re: [IAEP] [support-gang] Which Language?

2009-09-27 Thread Bert Freudenberg
On 27.09.2009, at 00:17, gerry_lowry (alliston ontario canada (705) 250-0112) wrote: -- I do not have a XO ... I've heard it has a LOGO variant called Etoys ? (can Etoys read a camera image?) Etoys is built on a Smalltalk variant called Squeak, but yes, it can access the XO-1's

Re: [IAEP] [support-gang] Which Language?

2009-09-27 Thread DancesWithCars
At the risk of this becoming a religious issue of the best languages, we have not heard what the project is, i.e. what the person is wanting to build, so it is difficult to recommend the best tool for the job... Personally, the sales ptich from an old tv ad of 'it slices, it dices, it makes

Re: [IAEP] Which Language?

2009-09-27 Thread gerry_lowry (alliston ontario canada (705) 250-0112)
DancesWithCars wrote in part we have not heard what the project is Let me clarify ... my comments are GENERAL in nature. My preference would be to see the XO ship will several small footprint languages. Each of those languages have their pros cons. From a private e-mail with an IAEP

Re: [IAEP] [Systems] 11s ap's

2009-09-27 Thread Bernie Innocenti
[this is off-topic on systems@, moving to i...@] El Mon, 21-09-2009 a las 09:35 +0200, Marten Vijn escribió: FreeBSD 8.0 shipping 802.11s support. Do they say anything about scalability? Because I was under the impression that 802.11s could not be made to scale well in practice without major

Re: [IAEP] [Systems] 11s ap's

2009-09-27 Thread Marten Vijn
On Sun, 2009-09-27 at 12:24 -0400, Bernie Innocenti wrote: [this is off-topic on systems@, moving to i...@] El Mon, 21-09-2009 a las 09:35 +0200, Marten Vijn escribió: FreeBSD 8.0 shipping 802.11s support. Do they say anything about scalability? Yes, it does not. But for some reason

Re: [IAEP] Which Language?

2009-09-27 Thread gerry_lowry (alliston ontario canada (705) 250-0112)
Correction: brain RAM parity error and/or fetch error in my previous post: Frequently I quote: If your only tool is a happy, all of your problems tend to look like nails. Frequently I quote: If your only tool is a hammer, ... happy ~~ hammer perhaps my brain was thinking XO users will be

Re: [IAEP] Long-term support for Sugar

2009-09-27 Thread C. Scott Ananian
Yes, a PackageKit backend that handles .xo files could be written. I believe I've suggested this before. --Scott On Tuesday, September 22, 2009, Peter Robinson pbrobin...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 1:40 PM, Tomeu Vizoso to...@sugarlabs.org wrote: On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 00:54,

Re: [IAEP] SOAS Write problem

2009-09-27 Thread Caroline Meeks
Thank you all for your help! I'll alert Ham who is our build master and if his computer is above water after all the flooding in the Manila area I'm sure he'll fix it soon. I'm sure this bug is in our GPA build too so thank you Gerald for testing!!! On Sat, Sep 26, 2009 at 10:15 PM, Gary C

Re: [IAEP] Activity version compatibility

2009-09-27 Thread Wade Brainerd
Tentative patches posted to http://dev.sugarlabs.org/ticket/1442. An Alert when attempting to install the .xo bundle would be really nice, but this at least prevents the activity from appearing in the list. It also adds the raw data, which could be displayed in the bundle's metadata. -Wade On

Re: [IAEP] SOAS Write problem

2009-09-27 Thread Gerald Ardito
Caroline, No problem. Just let me know when we have a working image. I am really close to deploying SOAS on our Dells! Gerald On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 8:39 PM, Caroline Meeks carol...@solutiongrove.comwrote: Thank you all for your help! I'll alert Ham who is our build master and if his

Re: [IAEP] SOAS Write problem

2009-09-27 Thread Caroline Meeks
Gerald, You should be able to take your master stick, delete Write, goto the Activities.sl.o, download the correct version and all should be well, at least for write. I haven't actually heard from Ham yet, there is a major flood in his area so there maybe a delay. On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 9:07

Re: [IAEP] SOAS Write problem

2009-09-27 Thread Gerald Ardito
Caroline, I tried to do just that. I cannot erase the version of Write that's there, and I cannot install the new one. It downloads just fine and appears in the Journal, but will not install. Any ideas? Gerald On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 10:07 PM, Caroline Meeks carol...@solutiongrove.com wrote:

Re: [IAEP] Which Language?

2009-09-27 Thread Albert Cahalan
Benjamin M. Schwartz writes: There are other options, such as HTML+Javascript, Squeak, and C/C++, but they each suffer from some combination of reduced functionality, problematic cross-platform guarantees, and increased difficulty of programming. Let's not ignore Python, which suffers