Apologies if this breaks the threading and it may not be the correct forum but...
I would question why this is even being considered for inclusion in the base build. Specifically, what is the educational value being provided by this port? The key thing would be to go back to the OLPC mission statement and then match the stated educational outcomes from the SimCity/Micropolis port against those... if it passes the educational value test then yes, by all means consider it for inclusion but otherwise I wouldn't bother... just keep it in the extra download pack. I have no issues with the port if someone wants to port it nor with testing if it needs to be tested but I struggle to see the value in having it in the base. Yes, it may be a very popular and crash-hot game but that doesn't warrant inclusion in the core system... Maybe I'm just a luddite at heart... Carl [email protected] wrote on 12/19/2008 06:00:01 AM: > Hi Testing team, > > Below is a thread I had about including SimCity in the factory image for > 9.1.0. I included the full thread for background. > > In order to do better this time around, I want to get some SimCity and > Micropolis testing done early. > > Can I ask the activity test teams to write test cases and do some > testing on SimCity and Micropolis? > > Find the latest versions here: > http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Activities/All#Games > > Let me know where to track the results. There will still be a question > of space available on the XO so its not sure we can get them in, but we > need them tested and ready to have a chance. > > Thanks, > > Greg S > _______________________________________________ Testing mailing list [email protected] http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/testing
