[sugar] Reviews report

2008-07-18 Thread Release Team
= New requests = sugar.hardware.nmclient.Device() instances' get_colors() method should never raise() http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/7554 Journal window should be mirrored in RTL locales http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/6800 = Approved requests = Control Panel 'About Me' incorrectly keeps a name

[sugar] Hiring for Sugar

2008-07-18 Thread Greg Smith
Hi All, We have a posted job opening for a Sugar UI coder: http://laptop.org/en/jobs.shtml#User%20Interface%20Developer%20for%20Sugar We prefer someone in Cambridge. MA, USA but if you are a superstar pygtk coder, remote may work too. Please spread the word and get us some top notch resumes

Re: [sugar] 8.2.0 Release Notes

2008-07-18 Thread Greg Smith
Hi Walter and Gary, Thanks a lot! I got the frame and home views added now. I think the main thing I am still missing is a picture and explanation of changes to the journal. Anything else appreciated. These notes are starting to get more exposure now so please review and edit for errors too.

Re: [sugar] 8.2.0 Release Notes

2008-07-18 Thread Simon Schampijer
Hi Greg, I added a link to more detailed documentation of the graphical control panel http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Release_Notes/8.2.0#Graphical_Sugar_Control_Panel @scott: maybe you can do the description for the software updates here:

[sugar] Question about clipboard service

2008-07-18 Thread Faisal Anwar
Hi, I'm playing around with the clipboard package on sugar and had a quick question. So, the clipboardservice.py file shows some basic api for getting and setting objects on the clipboard through the dbus. However, the add_object and get_object methods (and their variants) rely on knowing an

[sugar] Bug Triage

2008-07-18 Thread Greg Smith
Hi All, Its crunch time for 8.2.0! We need triage the bug list down to must fix items and focus on those. We're on for another bug triage on IRC (Freenode.net channel #sugar-meeting) Monday 9AM US ET. We will walk through the bug lists linked from here:

[sugar] Design Question

2008-07-18 Thread Greg Smith
Hi All, Can I get a quick +1/-1 on this question related to http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/7331 The new Home View in 8.2.0 will have three available styles. We need to pick one to default on first upgrade or install. Choices are: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Image:Home_Freeform_View8.2.png

Re: [sugar] Design Question

2008-07-18 Thread Benjamin M. Schwartz
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Greg Smith wrote: | The new Home View in 8.2.0 will have three available styles. Really? The home view top bar will show three buttons, for three different views? This is news to me, though not bad news. | Vote for your favorite as default first

Re: [sugar] Design Question

2008-07-18 Thread Martin Dengler
On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 04:58:02PM -0400, Benjamin M. Schwartz wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Greg Smith wrote: | The new Home View in 8.2.0 will have three available styles. Really? The home view top bar will show three buttons, for three different views? This is

Re: [sugar] Design Question

2008-07-18 Thread Martin Dengler
On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 04:53:31PM -0400, Greg Smith wrote: [...] The new Home View in 8.2.0 will have three available styles. We need to pick one to default on first upgrade or install. [...] http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Image:Home_Ring_View8.2.png +1 Thanks, Greg S Martin

Re: [sugar] Design Question

2008-07-18 Thread Marco Pesenti Gritti
On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 11:17 PM, Martin Dengler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 04:53:31PM -0400, Greg Smith wrote: [...] The new Home View in 8.2.0 will have three available styles. We need to pick one to default on first upgrade or install. [...]

[sugar] Notes from the GNOME Mobile BoF at GUADEC

2008-07-18 Thread Sayamindu Dasgupta
Hello, Dave Neary has posted his notes from the GNOME Mobile BoF which was held during GUADEC at Istanbul earlier this month. The summary is available online at http://mail.gnome.org/archives/mobile-devel-list/2008-July/msg2.html Apologies for the cross-posting, Sayamindu -- Sayamindu

Re: [sugar] Design Question

2008-07-18 Thread David Farning
On Fri, 2008-07-18 at 16:53 -0400, Greg Smith wrote: Hi All, Can I get a quick +1/-1 on this question related to http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/7331 The new Home View in 8.2.0 will have three available styles. We need to pick one to default on first upgrade or install. Choices are:

Re: [sugar] Abiword 2.6.4 on Ubuntu (was Re: Write needs your help)

2008-07-18 Thread Edward Cherlin
On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 3:24 PM, David Van Assche [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This from the abiword on ubuntu webpage (http://abisource.com/wiki/Install_on_Ubuntu) At this time, the latest version available directly from Ubuntu is an Ubuntu-modified 2.4.6. We are working to get AbiWord 2.6 in

Re: [sugar] Design Question

2008-07-18 Thread Bastien
Marco Pesenti Gritti [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 11:17 PM, Martin Dengler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 04:53:31PM -0400, Greg Smith wrote: [...] The new Home View in 8.2.0 will have three available styles. We need to pick one to default on first

Re: [sugar] Design Question

2008-07-18 Thread Walter Bender
+1 for the ring -10 for random -walter (Now that we have a reasonably stable joyride-with a working Record activity again-I'll try to get a quick user study pulled together in Peru on this topic by someone less bias than myself.) On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 7:13 PM, Bastien [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [sugar] Design Question

2008-07-18 Thread Bobby Powers
On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 8:03 PM, Andrés Ambrois [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Friday 18 July 2008 18:34:55 Andrés Ambrois wrote: On Friday 18 July 2008 17:53:31 Greg Smith wrote: Votes from teachers and kids count double :-) I've transcribed your poll to olpc-sur, I'll post again with the

Re: [sugar] URL and Integration

2008-07-18 Thread Eben Eliason
Hmm, it's true. I'm not sure I really see a distinction between this and the trac system which is already securely in place, well tested, and well supported. There's also a separate ticketing system and database the support team uses to enter feedback and experience reports. Adding another bug

Re: [sugar] Design Question

2008-07-18 Thread Gary C Martin
On 19 Jul 2008, at 00:18, Walter Bender wrote: (Now that we have a reasonably stable joyride-with a working Record activity again-I'll try to get a quick user study pulled together in Peru on this topic by someone less bias than myself.) Hmmm, not convinced Record-55 is working well enough

Re: [sugar] Abiword 2.6.4 on Ubuntu (was Re: Write needs your help)

2008-07-18 Thread Edward Cherlin
On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 9:24 PM, Ryan Pavlik [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Edward Cherlin wrote: On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 3:24 PM, David Van Assche [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This from the abiword on ubuntu webpage (http://abisource.com/wiki/Install_on_Ubuntu) At this time, the latest version