Re: [Sugar-devel] [ANNOUNCE] Sucrose 0.84 Feature Freeze

2008-12-15 Thread Greg Smith
Hi Simon, I looked at the schedule. Its helpful but I'm not sure I fully understand all the milestones. What is the definition of final release? Once the feature set is frozen, how do I know what is in the release? Is that the list of Trac IDs in 0.83.1 release notes? (btw the bug ID URLs on

Re: [Sugar-devel] [ANNOUNCE] Sucrose 0.84 Feature Freeze

2008-12-17 Thread Greg Smith
to that list? That way I can reply there and try to conform to Tomeu's list usage strictures. (kidding about strictures T-man, I'm just trying to do the right thing :-) Simon Schampijer wrote: Greg Smith wrote: Hi Simon, I looked at the schedule. Its helpful but I'm not sure I fully understand all

[Sugar-devel] XOCamp in Cambridge January 12 - 16

2008-12-19 Thread Greg Smith
Hi All, The XOCamp schedule and plan is coming together. See the updated schedule here: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/XOCamp_2 Sign up if you are coming here: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/XOCamp_2#Attendees I put a spot on the agenda to synchronize Sugar 0.84 and XO SW release 9.1.0 on Thursday

Re: [Sugar-devel] XOCamp in Cambridge January 12 - 16

2008-12-22 Thread Greg Smith
? Also, put your name on the list if you plan to be there: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/XOCamp_2#Attendees Thanks, Greg S Marco Pesenti Gritti wrote: On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 7:50 PM, Greg Smith gregsmitho...@gmail.com wrote: Hi All, The XOCamp schedule and plan is coming together. See the updated

[Sugar-devel] Sugar 0.84 and 9.1 sync (was] [ANNOUNCE] Sucrose 0.84 Feature Freeze)

2008-12-22 Thread Greg Smith
representative? Thanks, Greg S Simon Schampijer wrote: Greg Smith wrote: Hi Simon, Thanks for the follow up! You are definitely welcome at every 9.1 planning meeting as is everybody who is interested in working on the next major software release for the XO. Consider yourself personally

Re: [Sugar-devel] Sugar 0.84 and 9.1 sync (was] [ANNOUNCE] Sucrose 0.84 Feature Freeze)

2008-12-23 Thread Greg Smith
make the Wed. 2PM US ET 9.1 meeting. Same time next week too. I'll be there so anyone is welcome. If I can get Ed I'll call it a quorum. Have a great holiday. Thanks, Greg S Simon Schampijer wrote: Morgan Collett wrote: On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 19:14, Greg Smith gregsmitho...@gmail.com

Re: [Sugar-devel] possible additional talks for XOCamp2?

2009-01-05 Thread Greg Smith
Hi Bryan, Both sound like very good subjects. I have you down for two hours Monday afternoon: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/XOcamp_2#Monday_January_12.2C_2009 My goal for the first day is to give an overview of the challenges faced by deployments and how we hope to address them in release 9.1.0.

Re: [Sugar-devel] [Marketing] [SoaS] The next Step: v2 Roadmap

2009-07-06 Thread Greg Smith
Hi Sebastian, Fred, and Caroline, This looks like a very useful thread on the Sugar Roadmap and I like the focus on Customer requirements. How do we get the GPA Sugar goals Caroline enunciated on to the main Roadmap? I added a link on the GPA page to the Fred's Sugar on a Stick Goals page.

Re: [Sugar-devel] SoAS Testing with XS

2009-07-06 Thread Greg Smith
Hi Martin, Its good to be back! Despite my cantankerous approach in person, I missed grilling errr I mean chatting with you on the phone every week :-) I'm impressed at your progress and contribution these last six months. In commercial SW you have to nail the release in limited time and book

Re: [Sugar-devel] [Marketing] [SoaS] The next Step: v2 Roadmap

2009-07-06 Thread Greg Smith
Hi Tomeu, Looks great! You guys are really cranking. Three questions: 1 - Where do I see all the Features that have been proposed, regardless of target release? 2 - Can/should we add a section/tag to tie features back to real deployments? I'd like to see exactly which user or school needs each

[Sugar-devel] Backup and Restore Feature added to Wiki

2009-07-07 Thread Greg Smith
Hi All, I created a Feature request for backup and restore here: http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Features/Back_Up_and_Restore I'm still not sure how to tie it to GPA or a release or pile of pending feature requests. If anyone knows the right wiki markup to do that, please go ahead. I'll watch what

Re: [Sugar-devel] Nobody understands Keep

2009-07-09 Thread Greg Smith
Hi All, 8 months in the tank at 1CC sitting next to Eben, you'd think I know how this was designed to work ;-( I've actually read the HIG too! I see two case here: Case 1 - Create something in one activity and then use it right away another. I forgot that switching to a new activity puts a copy

[Sugar-devel] GPA curriculum

2009-07-10 Thread Greg Smith
Hi Caroline, Can you send over any details you have on the curriculum at GPA? Anything covering what the teachers are trying to teach and what they are doing outside the computer lab will be very helpful. I want to try and tie the learning goals of the teachers back to the SW as concretely as

[Sugar-devel] GPA School Notes Wed. July 15 - GS

2009-07-15 Thread Greg Smith
Hi All, Here are my notes from today's class. Anurag will send out notes on what we did in class so I will focus on UI and usability comments. I also recorded the post class warm/cold comments. Sorry I didn't get a chance to get on IRC after the class as planned. We got local collaboration

[Sugar-devel] GPA reports and target features

2009-07-21 Thread Greg Smith
Hi All, I came up with a strategy to focus development on a successful Sugar implementation in a single school. On the reports: I updated the Sugarlabs GPA wiki page with some more links to the reports: http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Gardner_Pilot_Academy#Class_notes In the future I will try to

[Sugar-devel] GPA Goals Status

2009-07-21 Thread Greg Smith
Hi Walter, Caroline and Dave, Looking at the list of main goals for GPA (http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_on_a_Stick/Goals), I see two top priority items: - Collaboration - Backup and restore I think the first is done. That is we have a plan to use local collaboration (I believe that means

[Sugar-devel] GPA Class Notes July 22 - GS

2009-07-22 Thread Greg Smith
Hi All, I posted the full notes here: http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Gardner_Pilot_Academy#Class_notes Three high level points: - Kids have no trouble finding new activities (e.g. Write) and they want to have more to use. - Its still hard to task switch (we may try teaching them alt - tab next

Re: [Sugar-devel] GPA reports and target features

2009-07-22 Thread Greg Smith
AM, Greg Smith gregsmit...@gmail.com wrote: Hi All, I came up with a strategy to focus development on a successful Sugar implementation in a single school. On the reports: I updated the Sugarlabs GPA wiki page with some more links to the reports: http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go

Re: [Sugar-devel] GPA Class Notes July 22 - GS

2009-07-28 Thread Greg Smith
Hi Gary, Thanks for the comments and follow up! BTW I have not been able to keep up with all the buddy/tagging/toolbar design discussions. You guys are just too productive :-) When designing, if you have a specific question re: GPA or something you want feedback on from kids, copy me or call out

Re: [Sugar-devel] community influence on development

2009-07-28 Thread Greg Smith
Hi Guys, I'm reluctant to dive in to a full blown process discussion but I'm not opposed to others doing that :-) Nonetheless, this is a recurring theme which is a barrier to developer engagement so I'll put in my 2 cents. A few weeks ago we exchanged some e-mails abut how to update the wiki

[Sugar-devel] Subject: Re: [IAEP] Back to school with XOs or SoaS?

2009-07-29 Thread Greg Smith
Hi Caroline, I recommend Waveplace: http://www.waveplace.org/locations/florida/ I haven't heard much from Tim and team lately but they were always one of the best deployment and implementation teams in the world. Also great at PR. You can try their e-mail subscription contact on that page or I

[Sugar-devel] GPA follow up

2009-09-07 Thread Greg Smith
Hi All, I have been off the list and unproductive on the Sugar front for several weeks. I'm starting a new job on Tuesday so I need to unsubscribe from the lists for a while. I enjoyed spending time with the kids at GPA this summer. The timing was great and its an experience I will value forever.