Re: [Sugar-devel] [Testing] Getting more Sugar testing done...

2010-06-17 Thread James Cameron
On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 01:24:12AM -0400, Michael Stone wrote: > 1. Will sugar-0.90 be better if it gets more and more serious testing > between now and its release? Better than it otherwise would be, yes. In terms of quantity of latent defects on release. We'd also have a better idea of the def

[Sugar-devel] Getting more Sugar testing done...

2010-06-17 Thread Michael Stone
Hi folks, Last week, I sent a short note [1] on the subject of how to get more and better testing of the code that we'll be releasing as sugar-0.90 in just a few short weeks. This still seems like a pressing issue to me. Therefore, I will be more direct in asking: 1. Will sugar-0.90 be bett

[Sugar-devel] Last changes before release Paint

2010-06-17 Thread Gonzalo Odiard
I have two changes I would include in this release. The first is patch i sent to sugar-devel. The second its a change to the icons of fill and stroke selection color buttons. The problem what I am trying to resolve is, when the color selected is black, the icons are invisible. I am not a graphic ar

[Sugar-devel] Patch: Paint #2053 Paint starts with a random color selected

2010-06-17 Thread Gonzalo Odiard
0001-fix-2053-Paint-starts-with-a-random-color-selected.patch [gonz...@aronax mainline]$ cat 0001-fix-2053-Paint-starts-with-a-random-color-selected.patch >From 260becfc6279bd871afe9fb4fb7f5dd9f0e7d59f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Gonzalo Odiard Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2010 01:49:22 -0300 Subject: [PA

Re: [Sugar-devel] Sugar with a virtual (onscreen) keyboard

2010-06-17 Thread Gary Martin
Hi Sayamindu, On 17 Jun 2010, at 13:16, Sayamindu Dasgupta wrote: > [Apologies for the cross-posting] > > Hello, > Thanks to the pointers provided by Peter Robinson, I got the Meego > FVKBD (Free Virtual Keyboard)¹ running along with Sugar. > A problem with the current FVKBD is that it supports

[Sugar-devel] R&D vs Product Support

2010-06-17 Thread Bernie Innocenti
El Wed, 16-06-2010 a las 18:27 +0200, Simon Schampijer escribió: > I saw the talk from Mark Shuttleworth at Linuxtag and he said a few > words on Releases, and why is makes sense to bundle forces. Basically, > bundling forces is a powerful idea behind open source. We are a small > project, if w

Re: [Sugar-devel] [Read PATCH] don't break if HAL is not available

2010-06-17 Thread Sascha Silbe
Excerpts from Benjamin M. Schwartz's message of Thu Jun 17 00:31:06 + 2010: > It might be worth logging an explanation like "NOTICE: Battery tray icon > not displayed because HAL is not available". Fair point. In the long run Read should switch to upower, but I'll wait with that until it works

[Sugar-devel] [Read PATCH v2] don't break if HAL is not available

2010-06-17 Thread Sascha Silbe
HAL is only used for displaying the current battery status, so it's entirely optional. --- readtopbar.py | 27 --- 1 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) v1->v2: log warning when HAL is unavailable diff --git a/readtopbar.py b/readtopbar.py index 3f338f5..cc

Re: [Sugar-devel] [DESIGN] New share button style

2010-06-17 Thread Frederick Grose
> > ... > >> For the general case that you suggested, the throbbing icon is a nice > >> feature, but and to serve those with low vision or in a difficult > viewing > >> environment, a small, high-contrast element or badge (perhaps a small > stop > >> sign, or just a small x as a badge on the icon

Re: [Sugar-devel] Help Needed - Convert python code into Sugar

2010-06-17 Thread James Simmons
John, We have a manual which should help you figure out what you're doing wrong: http://en.flossmanuals.net/ActivitiesGuideSugar/Introduction James Simmons > Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2010 03:28:52 -0700 (PDT) > From: John Samuel > Subject: [Sugar-devel] Help Needed - Convert python code into Sugar >

Re: [Sugar-devel] Sugar with a virtual (onscreen) keyboard

2010-06-17 Thread Esteban Arias
Hi, FVKBD support spanish keyboard? Could be added an system scanning buttons to write. for example: https://desarrollo.ceibal.edu.uy/projects/tecladoenpantalla/files http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Features/Accessibility_virtualkeyboard http://bugs.sugarlabs.org/ticket/1686 2010/6/17 Sayamindu Dasgu

Re: [Sugar-devel] Sugar with a virtual (onscreen) keyboard

2010-06-17 Thread Sayamindu Dasgupta
On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 5:46 PM, Sayamindu Dasgupta wrote: > [Apologies for the cross-posting] > > Hello, > Thanks to the pointers provided by Peter Robinson, I got the Meego > FVKBD (Free Virtual Keyboard)¹ running along with Sugar. > A problem with the current FVKBD is that it supports only one

[Sugar-devel] Sugar with a virtual (onscreen) keyboard

2010-06-17 Thread Sayamindu Dasgupta
[Apologies for the cross-posting] Hello, Thanks to the pointers provided by Peter Robinson, I got the Meego FVKBD (Free Virtual Keyboard)¹ running along with Sugar. A problem with the current FVKBD is that it supports only one base layout. Even "variants" of that layout (eg: CapsLock enabled, Symb

Re: [Sugar-devel] [DESIGN] Displaying the current status of system resources (such as memory, cpu)

2010-06-17 Thread Martin Dengler
On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 09:17:37AM +1000, fors...@ozonline.com.au wrote: > > Furthermore, what all system parameters should be made available > > through such a means (such as free memory, and cpu load)? > > Suggestions and opinions welcome! > > Time and date would be good. We've been there: htt

Re: [Sugar-devel] [DESIGN] New share button style

2010-06-17 Thread Gary Martin
On 17 Jun 2010, at 06:56, Aleksey Lim wrote: > On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 01:42:58AM -0400, Frederick Grose wrote: >> On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 1:07 AM, Aleksey Lim wrote: >> >>> On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 04:47:30AM +, Aleksey Lim wrote: On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 12:09:24AM -0400, Frederick Gro