[IAEP] SoaS as a Sugar Labs project.

[Tomeu Vizoso]

On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 03:22, Gary C Martin<gary at garycmartin.com> wrote:
> On 25 Aug 2009, at 16:49, Gary C Martin wrote:
>
>> On 25 Aug 2009, at 16:03, Michael Stone wrote:
>>
>>>> El Mon, 24-08-2009 a las 20:58 +0200, Martin Langhoff escribi=F3:
>>>>>
>>>>> And also... and completely from the outside... I'll apologise in
>>>>> advance for saying something I know might be controversial. I worry
>>>>> that SL seems to have -- for a external party like me -- more
>>>>> bureaucracy than it has people "doing". IMHExperience, the
>>>>> projects I
>>>>> enjoy working on, and that I see being productive have  a much lower
>>>>> "procedure/label/committe " : contributor ratio.
>>>>
>>>> I don't necessarily disagree with you, but just 2 days ago I was
>>>> offered
>>>> an advice on the other side of the spectrum by Michael: he notes
>>>> that a
>>>> lot of important things are falling through the cracks because nobody
>>>> organizes the available resources.  His suggestion is to introduce
>>>> real
>>>> project management into the game, which is basically what David's
>>>> Projects idea seems to bring.
>>>
>>> For the record, I consider my puny efforts to offer more support for
>>> Martin's
>>> and Greg's remarks than for David's.
>>>
>>> (The analysis is simply that our current situation is unsurprising
>>> given the
>>> facts that, first, SL seems to consist more of leaders than of
>>> followers and
>>> second, that there seems to be a real dearth of people who care more
>>> about
>>> getting other people unstuck than about making progress on their own
>>> pet
>>> projects.)
>>>
>>> (Though, obviously, I'm more guilty than most here.)
>>>
>>>> A meta-comment on your post: you don't need to apologize and be shy
>>>> for
>>>> offering your criticism, no matter how many people will disagree with
>>>> you.
>>>
>>> Actually, he does need to apologize and to be shy because doing so
>>> makes it
>>> easier for folks to hear what he's trying to say.
>>>
>>> (In our current environment, it works rather similarly to good-cop/
>>> bad-cop.)
>>>
>>>> I recently got useful criticism from Bemasc, Christoph and Daniel on
>>>> #sugar regarding our relationship with Deployments.  Their feeling is
>>>> that we didn't do enough to get them involved, mine is that our
>>>> efforts
>>>> to reach out have been largely unsuccessful for reasons I do not
>>>> fully
>>>> understand.
>>>
>>> Here's another reason for you to consider:
>>>
>>> I have come to believe that many people involved in deployments have
>>> *learned*
>>> that they're not going to get anything useful out of interacting
>>> with SL
>>> because:
>>>
>>> 1. SL has largely ignored the feedback supplied by these deployments
>>> in
>>> 2007-2008 and exhaustively documented by Greg Smith and S Page at
>>>
>>>  http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Feature_roadmap#Roadmap
>>
>> Wow, blast from the past :-) Actually I'd strongly disagree here.
>> Having re-read through most of what is listed here, much progress has
>> been made on a large number (dare I say majority) of these items!
>
> OK, I took up my own challenge here...
>
> So, please do treat comments below as from the peanut-gallery, and not as
> authoritative responses to these ~82 feature requests – many of them
> significant compound feature sets in of themselves. I'd say close to 50%
> have been resolved, 10% are specifically XO hardware related, 10% XS server,
> 15% I don't know enough to confirm or deny, 5-10% are duplicates:

Thanks for taking the time of going through all that and sharing with us.

Regards,

Tomeu

> FWIW: There's a cold beer waiting at the end of this email.
>
> -- Feature roadmap/Spell checker in Write:
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Feature_roadmap/Spell_checker_in_Write
>
> English checking is back in and working, though unsure about other
> languages, likely just down to availability of a dictionary file for a given
> language.
>
> -- Feature roadmap/Sugarized color picker:
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Feature_roadmap/Sugarized_color_picker
>
> Done and in working for Write, Paint Activity (and others that use colour)
> haven’t picked this up yet, just a matter of free time (I almost did Paint
> but keep getting distracted).
>
> -- Feature roadmap/Easy "Sugarization":
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Feature_roadmap/Easy_%22Sugarization%22
>
> How long is this piece of wet string ;-) But there has been lot’s of effort
> here. Off the top of my head I’d point to the switch to Metacity in 0.86,
> Tomeu’s GTK+ widget for making Gnash content into full Activities, Tomeu’s
> hellow-world PyQt based Activity example. Benjamin’s GSOC Groupthink
> workhttp://bemasc.net/~bens/groupthink/groupthink-module.html  for solving
> collaboration simply (for the author) in many classes of Activity type.
> Lucian’s GSOC Webified work http://honeyweb.wordpress.com/ for creating
> custom site specific browser Activities. Universal bundle work from Aleksey
> came close but pused to 0.88 for time/stability reasons.
>
> -- Feature roadmap/Activity updater improvements:
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Feature_roadmap/Activity_updater_improvements
>
> This was part of OLPC distro onlu for a long time, but is now recently over
> as a part of Sugar. Majority of work I’m aware of is to get it working
> smoothly with the activities.sugarlabs.org mozilla addons based site (a big
> improvement from all the manual wiki hacking).
>
> -- Feature roadmap/Concept maps:
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Feature_roadmap/Concept_maps
>
> Me, me, ME!! ;-) No, actually Tomeu picked up Labyrinth sugarisation, then I
> did some UI polishing and hooked up extra features along with the talented
> Aleksey. http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Activities/Labyrinth
>
> -- Feature roadmap/New activities:
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Feature_roadmap/New_activities
>
> Mixed list here. Abiword has always allow pasting of images to my knowledge.
> Socialcalc is still rolling along with updates from time to time. The switch
> to Metacity for 0.86 allows any application to be run if you really want to
> go that way (and if the HW can actually cope). Tomeu has added a Gnash GTK+
> widget and an example PyQt hello world.
>
> -- Feature roadmap/Browse update and multi-media:
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Feature_roadmap/Browse_update_and_multi-media
>
> Hmmm... did this get done? Yep, think it did.
>
> -- Feature roadmap/Terminal improvements:
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Feature_roadmap/Terminal_improvements
>
> Hmmm... Somewhat vague requests. We’ve since got multi tab support instead!
>
> -- Feature roadmap/Better eBook reader:
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Feature_roadmap/Better_eBook_reader
>
> Lot’s of effort, new Activity options (James) and format support (Sayamindu)
> now available. Probably needs re-evaluation based on where we are now.
>
> -- Feature roadmap/Single sign-on from Browse:
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Feature_roadmap/Single_sign-on_from_Browse
>
> Pass. I’ve seen work happening, but having never tested or tried this side
> of school server work so don’t know where we stand today.
>
> -- Feature roadmap/"Candy Bag" or "Bulletin Board" activity:
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Feature_roadmap/%22Candy_Bag%22_or_%22Bulletin_Board%22_activity
>
> Aleksey created a very feature rich Library Activity - perhaps too feature
> rich ;-) – some of which is going into 0.86 Journal and is related to other
> proposed features now pushed to 0.88.
>
> -- Feature roadmap/Scalable link-local presence:
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Feature_roadmap/Scalable_link-local_presence
>
> Another long piece of wet string, but specifically Cerebro seems to have no
> one recently pushing on it for adoption. So most efforts are in debugging
> existing stack, picking up general fixes and features from Collabora,
> (scalability work seems aimed at server side).
>
> -- Feature roadmap/Synchronous collaboration:
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Feature_roadmap/Synchronous_collaboration
>
> Big bag of different feature here. Some done (Journal ‘send to -> friend’
> file sharing via both gabble & salut), some not, some now for 0.88
> (Gadget/JID stuff), some partial (buddy tagging is in same ball game, but
> more viable/useful vs. buddy avatars). Should also mention Benjamin’s GSOC
> Groupthink work solving collaboration for many classes of Activity type.
>
> -- Feature roadmap/Collaboration groups:
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Feature_roadmap/Collaboration_groups
>
> Sure Martin mentioned this is implemented (using Moodle) but not necessarily
> tested/used much yet. Tomeu also implemented buddy tagging (aka profiles) –
> Gabble only at the moment, and the UI hasn’t made 0.86.
>
> -- Feature roadmap/Asynchronous collaboration:
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Feature_roadmap/Asynchronous_collaboration
>
> Long list of (server based) features here that seem to be a description of
> what I understand Moodle (or some other CMS) is designed to do... Some
> feature work for Browse in 0.86 should smooth some rough edges
> (upload/download file naming).
>
> -- Feature roadmap/File sharing:
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Feature_roadmap/File_sharing
>
> For user initiated transfers Tomeu’s Journal ‘send to -> friend’ feature
> solves much of this. Aleksey’s Library Activity is aimed at the ad-hox
> ‘making some Journal stuff generally available’. Solutions for getting the
> latter into 0.86 Journal were considered, but pushed to 0.88.
>
> -- Feature roadmap/Journal improvements:
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Feature_roadmap/Journal_improvements
>
> Some of this is done (Tomeu’s Datastore rework, specifically for
> robustness). But plans have moved on given the SL volunteers able & willing
> to do the work.
>
> -- Feature roadmap/Hardware alerts:
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Feature_roadmap/Hardware_alerts
>
> The specific use case (95% disk space) was already covered (though a little
> crudely). Notifications are running quite well but don’t cover devices yet
> (I think), which would likely be the correct place for these alerts.
>
> -- Feature roadmap/Contextual help:
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Feature_roadmap/Contextual_help
>
> Not much movement here yet, at least we have more accelerator keys getting
> shown in palettes so you can learn the keyboard shortcuts in context :-)
> (FWIW, my vote is to focus on making Activities *simpler* so they do not
> need help text bloat, and use better secondary help hint messages).
>
> -- Feature roadmap/GUI suggestion from SJ:
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Feature_roadmap/GUI_suggestion_from_SJ
>
> This is a path to walk rather than a feature. Think we are making good
> progress down this path.
>
> -- Feature roadmap/Trash can:
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Feature_roadmap/Trash_can
>
> No description or specification at all on this one. I’m guessing “Trashcan
> for Journal” no work done I’m aware of.
>
> -- Feature roadmap/Scalable zoom levels:
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Feature_roadmap/Scalable_zoom_levels
>
> A Neighbourhood list view almost made an 0.86 appearance, but think it’s
> pushed to 0.88 now. Same goes for additional UI design work needed for
> Gadget. Though Tomeu’s buddy tagging is in 0.86 (but no UI exposure and
> Gabble only).
>
> -- Feature roadmap/Keyboard navigability:
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Feature_roadmap/Keyboard_navigability
>
> Many toolbar palettes now clearly display their accelerator keys, and
> several views are now using the GTK+ treeview for 0.86, so inherit better
> keyboard navigation accessibility.
>
> -- [XO HW] Feature roadmap/Grab-scroll keys:
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Feature_roadmap/Grab-scroll_keys
>
> It is implemented in several Activities (Labyrinth uses it to pan the
> canvas), and there is an (XO hardware specific) keyboard shim type
> background daemon that has been demonstrated as a potential general
> solution.
>
> -- [XO HW] Feature roadmap/Blinking lights usage
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Feature_roadmap/Blinking_lights_usage
>
> No description, specification at all on this one. Pretty sure Mikus was
> after the voodoo that drives the XO HW wireless leds.
>
> -- [XO HW] Feature roadmap/VGA Projector:
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Feature_roadmap/VGA_Projector
>
> Not much SL can do. Though there is a VNC screen sharing activity or two
> that may help, along with some better Activity collaboration.
>
> -- [XO HW] Feature roadmap/Accurate touchpad:
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Feature_roadmap/Accurate_touchpad
>
> No comment ;-) Actually Sugar can help with better keyboard navigation and
> key discovery (both have made good progress). FWIW Pail Fox has been
> reviewing and making more touch pad discoveries, there is a new driver in
> the F11-on-XO1 tree, but I don’t think it’s in the latest available build
> yet.
>
> -- Feature roadmap/Run Fedora applications on XO:
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Feature_roadmap/Run_Fedora_applications_on_XO
>
> 0.86’s move to Metacity will help a lot here, but this feature is largely
> obsoleted now that the F11-on-XO1 OLPC builds ship both Sugar (the default)
> and GNOME desktop, and have a button to reboot between the two if desired.
>
> -- Feature roadmap/Copying files between Journal and USB:
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Feature_roadmap/Copying_files_between_Journal_and_USB
>
> Done. Also Tomeu’s 0.84 datastore work made using a USB stick between
> different operating systems *much* more reliable (no ghosts, no vanishing
> files, no odd doppelgänger).
>
> -- [XO HW] Feature roadmap/Replace JFFS file system with better one:
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Feature_roadmap/Replace_JFFS_file_system_with_better_one
>
> Only a low level FS issue linked to XO HW needs really, nothing SL can do
> about this. XO1.5 will avoid this issue due to HW changes.
>
> -- [XO HW] Feature roadmap/NAND full should not crash XO:
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Feature_roadmap/NAND_full_should_not_crash_XO
>
> Done (though somewhat crudely).
>
> -- Feature roadmap/File name and directory access:
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Feature_roadmap/File_name_and_directory_access
>
> Tomeu’s 0.84 datastore work improves some of this, it is just a simple file
> directory structure. Could perhaps do with a trivial ls-journal (or some
> such name) script to make terminal Journal browsing better for novice use.
> The copy-to-journal and copy-from-journal already work well for most needs.
>
> -- [XO HW] Feature roadmap/Rebase on Fedora 10:
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Feature_roadmap/Rebase_on_Fedora_10
>
> Done, well obsolete. Ongoing F11 and F12 work. SoaS work has also been a
> help here getting in bug reports etc.
>
> -- Feature roadmap/Spell checking:
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Feature_roadmap/Spell_checking
>
> Sayamindu has an interesting ‘dictionary everywhere’ effort
> http://people.sugarlabs.org/sayamindu/global_dictionary.ogv Not sure why,
> but seems to have slipped 0.86. I could also see a smaller version as a
> possible ‘dictionary device’ palette in the frame.
>
> -- Feature roadmap/Better Arabic Support:
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Feature_roadmap/Better_Arabic_Support
>
> Pass. Sorry don’t know enough about this to comment.
>
> -- Feature roadmap/Enhanced i18n:
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Feature_roadmap/Enhanced_i18n
>
> Don’t know the details, but I think quite a chunk of work has been done here
> (by Sayamindu). Also being able to select several fallback languages in 0.86
> I’m sure is a big help.
>
> -- Feature roadmap/SCIM:
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Feature_roadmap/SCIM
>
> Pass. Sorry don’t know enough about this to comment.
>
> -- Feature roadmap/Language customization:
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Feature_roadmap/Language_customization
>
> Think this is done as well but not enough detail in feature description to
> know.
>
> -- Feature roadmap/Language pack version 3:
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Feature_roadmap/Language_pack_version_3
>
> Pass. Sorry don’t know enough about this to comment, though I have seen a
> fair amount of discussion about issues it raises.
>
> -- Feature roadmap/RTL support:
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Feature_roadmap/RTL_support
>
> Duplicate feature of above ‘Better Arabic Support.’ Sorry don’t know enough
> about this to comment.
>
> -- Feature roadmap/Multilanguage support:
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Feature_roadmap/Multilanguage_support
>
> Completed for 0.86 (a new CP lets you select languages in order of
> preference).
>
> -- Feature roadmap/Translations:
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Feature_roadmap/Translations
>
> Pass. Sorry don’t know enough about this to comment.
>
> -- Feature roadmap/Network Manager GUI:
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Feature_roadmap/Network_Manager_GUI
>
> Pass. Sorry don’t know enough about this to comment.
>
> -- Feature roadmap/Document and improve default network connection:
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Feature_roadmap/Document_and_improve_default_network_connection
>
> Well, Sugar is much better auto-connecting quickly,correctly to an AP as the
> whole Mesh hunt run around is not currently supported. But, sorry, not sure
> how much else listed here has been tweaked.
>
> -- Feature roadmap/802.1x support:
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Feature_roadmap/802.1x_support
>
> Pass.
>
> -- Feature roadmap/Full IPv6 support:
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Feature_roadmap/Full_IPv6_support
>
> Pass. Maybe we picked up improvements due to F11 and F12?
>
> -- Feature roadmap/XO as internet gateway (formerly called MPP):
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Feature_roadmap/XO_as_internet_gateway_%28formerly_called_MPP%29
>
> Hmmmm. I seem to remember reading the Tomeu’s new ad-hoc 0.86 support allows
> internet sharing, but have not discovered this myself yet during testing, so
> likely ignore me. I understand MPP can be enabled manually, but is disabled
> by default due to wireless bandwidth saturation issues.
>
> -- Feature roadmap/"Asynchronous internet":
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Feature_roadmap/%22Asynchronous_internet%22
>
> Not much progress, Lucian’s GSOC Webified work may help a little here.
>
> -- Feature roadmap/Reliable access to encrypted APs:
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Feature_roadmap/Reliable_access_to_encrypted_APs
>
> Better I think, but likely not ‘the best’. The joys of working with poor
> wireless security specs.
>
> -- Feature roadmap/Printing support:
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Feature_roadmap/Printing_support
>
> Vamsi’s GSOC Printer support covers this I think
> http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Print_Support though not sure when it will land
> (USB and server support via Moodle).
>
> -- Feature roadmap/Debug tool:
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Feature_roadmap/Debug_tool
>
> Hmmm... “Diagnostic USB stick which analyzes and reports back detailed
> status.” A some what open ended feature request. Pass. Sorry don’t know
> enough about this, though Sebastian has been pushing on smolt for
> semi-automated hardware feedback – but I guess this feature was a request
> for some ‘Sugar’ or ‘Fedora’ failure case detection?
>
> -- Feature roadmap/Backup to Internet:
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Feature_roadmap/Backup_to_Internet
>
> Pass. Sorry don’t know enough to comment on status, though it does seem to
> be actively worked on (SoaS backup to a school server seems particularly
> active topic).
>
> -- Feature roadmap/Universal view-source:
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Feature_roadmap/Universal_view-source
>
> Done, perhaps some custom binary file types the source viewer doesn’t
> display yet, but source & syntax high-lighting is all looking lovely and
> shiny. Discussion moved on a long time ago (almost a year?) to source code
> search, universal edit-source and versioning. Along with source view for
> Sugar code its self.
>
> -- Feature roadmap/Developers Center web site:
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Feature_roadmap/Developers_Center_web_site
>
> Done. See Sugar Labs wiki and infrastructure.
>
> -- Feature roadmap/System clock:
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Feature_roadmap/System_clock
>
> “Must have a clock on the XO” I’ve been running Martin Dengler’s frame
> device clock for a while. It’s a bit visuallu large (i.e. device non-square
> icon) and doesn’t have an analogue mode, but any deployment can choose to
> add it to their builds, no questions asked, it's written as a Sugar
> 'extension'.
>
> -- Feature roadmap/Library and bundle updates:
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Feature_roadmap/Library_and_bundle_updates
>
> Again... Long piece of wet string topic. Lot’s of discussion, Aleksey has
> some great universal bundle proposals, but they’ve now been pushed back to
> 0.88 due to lack of support and worries of stability (due to development/QA
> time).
>
> -- Feature roadmap/Caps lock option:
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Feature_roadmap/Caps_lock_option
>
> Lack of a Caps lock key is a major feature, but lack of a global Caps lock
> option (uppercase display of all text) is a missing feature. Walter hoped to
> pick this up for 0.86, but apologised for letting it slip to 0.88.
>
> -- Feature roadmap/Fully comply with GPLv3:
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Feature_roadmap/Fully_comply_with_GPLv3
>
> Someone phone the lawyers! No seriously, report any missing legal asci and
> get it actioned. Developers know it’s (annoyingly) important even if fixing
> bugs, making things work, and adding new features are foremost in our minds.
>
> -- Feature roadmap/Screen zoom:
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Feature_roadmap/Screen_zoom
>
> No specific progress. But with Metacity in 0.86, I’m sure you can run any
> old screen zooming software you care too. Smart, clever Sugar UI integration
> will need to be for another day.
>
> -- Feature roadmap/General UI sluggishness:
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Feature_roadmap/General_UI_sluggishness
>
> Again, more wet string but a laudable goal. For non-XO HW I believe
> compositing is now enabled by default. Metacity is better supported but I’ve
> seen no ‘better/worse’ response measurements for it (though allegedly it
> does eat more memory than Matchbox did, so that’s not a great sign). Lot’s
> of bug fixes and design  clean-up, but it’d take some focused QA time to see
> if there are real measurable UI changes on average, and you need to argue
> that against the improved feature set. FWIW, I at least haven’t noticed a
> degradation in XO performance. But this is a ‘needs testing’ item.
>
> -- Feature roadmap/Faster task switching:
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Feature_roadmap/Faster_task_switching
>
> Duplicate. See above.
>
> -- Feature roadmap/Faster activity launch and save:
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Feature_roadmap/Faster_activity_launch_and_save
>
> Duplicate. See above.
>
> -- Feature roadmap/Shutdown menu:
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Feature_roadmap/Shutdown_menu
>
> Paul Foxes powerd see current F11-on-XO1 implements this, best I can tell.
>
> -- [XO HW] Feature roadmap/No power regressions:
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Feature_roadmap/No_power_regressions
>
> OK, so not just XO HW, but that’s the intended regression case here. Paul
> Fox has done some wonderful stuff in powerd (XO, only is my understanding),
> seemingly much more than in previous OLPC builds, you can see it in action
> on F11-on-XO1. Though there is still active discussion if OLPC will be
> shipping it in their builds.
>
> -- [XO HW] Feature roadmap/Improved battery life:
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Feature_roadmap/Improved_battery_life
>
> Again not just XO HW but that is the assumption given Sugar was not reliably
> available elsewhere at the time. Duplicate, see above. Though this does
> include a long shopping list touching just about every part of HW, device
> driver level, screen, network, etc, etc you could possibly try to mention.
>
> -- Feature roadmap/Clipboard:
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Feature_roadmap/Clipboard
>
> Hmmm, all information about this appears to have been purged from the wiki.
> Must have been real good stuff ;-) FWIW: The Clipboard does now show a
> preview of text you clipped making life easier if you have a bunch of
> clippings in use.
>
> -- Feature roadmap/Memory pressure:
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Feature_roadmap/Memory_pressure
>
> Both 0.84 and 0.86 have introduced UI changes to improve reported causes of
> memory pressure. The former implemented a home view that resumes by default
> and so aid as a switch to current instances rather than create new instances
> one after another. The latter implements the new tool bar design that had a
> primary goal of always keeping the “Stop” toolbar button visible so that
> folks didn’t get lost and could stop existing activities clearly at all
> times. Though still no low level resolution, once you stray into the woods
> Fangorn.
>
> -- Feature roadmap/Journal never loses work:
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Feature_roadmap/Journal_never_loses_work
>
> Activities improve all the time... And Tomeu did a top notch job on the
> robust Journal re-implementation in 0.84. Unfortunately most deployments
> still don’t have it and failures are from ~year + old software :-(
>
> -- XS Blueprints:Datastore Simple Backup and Restore:
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/XS_Blueprints:Datastore_Simple_Backup_and_Restore
>
> I haven’t seen this in action, but I understand this is available and has
> been for some time (Martin can you comment?).
>
> -- Feature roadmap/Image customization:
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Feature_roadmap/Image_customization
>
> SoaS (distro) has re-raised many of these cases (random cloning of already
> booted and hand hacked sticks has caused much QA traffic). Many point seem
> more pertinent a question for the base OS distros, and not Sugar, which
> seems pretty flexible in how it is customisable.
>
> -- [XO HW] Feature roadmap/Image signing key delegation:
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Feature_roadmap/Image_signing_key_delegation
>
> Done I think. And future XO-1.5 HW is unsigned by default as I understand
> it.
>
> -- Feature roadmap/Activation lease security:
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Feature_roadmap/Activation_lease_security
>
> Pass. Sorry don’t know enough to comment on status, though Martin seem to be
> actively working on such stuff.
>
> -- Feature roadmap/Theft reporting:
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Feature_roadmap/Theft_reporting
>
> Duplicate. Pass, same as above.
>
> -- Feature roadmap/Activation via wireless:
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Feature_roadmap/Activation_via_wireless
>
> Pass. Sorry don’t know enough to comment on status, though I do remember
> reading about many such items being worked on (Martin again I think).
>
> -- Feature roadmap/XO monitoring:
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Feature_roadmap/XO_monitoring
>
> Pass. Sorry don’t know enough to comment on status, some of this may be
> possible now via the XS and client strings reported by Browse (linked to
> activity.SL.org and XS registration processes). Also plenty of discussion
> regarding the benefits and drawback of ‘assessment’ based on stat
> collection.
>
> -- Feature roadmap/GUI OS updates:
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Feature_roadmap/GUI_OS_updates
>
> Pass. Sorry don’t know enough to comment on status, though there is ongoing
> work now that the update control panel had been picked up as part of Sugar –
> mainly related to supporting the activities.sugarlabs.org infrastructure.
> Full OS updates still seem a fairly open question.
>
> -- [XO HW] Feature roadmap/Faster imaging:
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Feature_roadmap/Faster_imaging
>
> For the XO, can I just say Nand Blaster, lightning fast, robust, and dead
> simple to use! All hail The Mitch!
>
> -- Feature roadmap/Improved antitheft mechanisms:
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Feature_roadmap/Improved_antitheft_mechanisms
>
> Pass. Sorry don’t know enough to comment on status. Likely see Martin re:
> above as well as he’s been working here recently.
>
> -- Feature roadmap/Security and isolation work:
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Feature_roadmap/Security_and_isolation_work
>
> Pass. Embarrassed to say I don’t know enough to comment on status. Rainbow
> had fallen out of Sugar for a while, but I understand much of the underlying
> work is now back in place. This is currently more an area of regression than
> improvement.
>
> -- Feature roadmap/Scalable server-based presence:
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Feature_roadmap/Scalable_server-based_presence
>
> Long piece of wet string, again, work progresses... SoaS team have recently
> been pushing on the server side to try and establish the weak points. Gadget
> is implemented, but as yet no GUI for it on the Sugar side.
>
> -- Feature roadmap/School server push of XO images:
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Feature_roadmap/School_server_push_of_XO_images
>
> Pass. Sorry don’t know enough to comment on status.
>
> -- Feature roadmap/Automatically recognize XO on restore page:
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Feature_roadmap/Automatically_recognize_XO_on_restore_page
>
> Pass. Sorry don’t know enough to comment on status.
>
> Regards,
> --Gary
>
> P.S. Wow, you made it down the page! I fibbed about the cold beer, sorry, I
> needed it myself about two and a half pages back.
>
>



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