[IAEP] 0.84 doc updates

[Walter Bender]

I'll take a crack at updating the Updating Chapter... (and clarifying
the message in the wiki).

-walter

On Sun, Mar 15, 2009 at 5:12 PM, Anne Gentle <annegentle at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, David! Thanks for the info. More below.
>
> On Sun, Mar 15, 2009 at 3:53 PM, David Farning <dfarning at sugarlabs.org>
> wrote:
>>
>> Should we be working on the documents at
>> http://en.flossmanuals.net/bin/view/Sugar/8_4/ ?
>>
>
> Yep, that's the place. I apologize that the chapters are listed in
> alphabetical order but until the technical issues are resolved they are
> listed alphabetically. Which actually is pretty easy for authoring, hee hee.
> But not so much for reading. :)
>
> -snip-
>
>>
>> > 1. Can you update an XO-1 to the 0.84 build? I can't find a method for
>> > doing
>> > that.
>>
>> Sadly, it not easy at this time.  OLPC no longer distributes and
>> maintains a OS for the XO.  The upgrade path involves updating the OX
>> to a Fedora base OS.
>
> Is anyone willing to document this non-easy task as a section in the
> Updating chapter? Or if someone outlines the basics on the OLPC wiki, and
> points me to the steps, I can give it a go.
>
>>
>> > 2. I'm using SoaS to get my screenshots and then emailing them to myself
>> > using Gmail in the Browse Activity. How else could I copy files from the
>> > Journal (on SoaS) to another location?
>> > 3. In the 0.84 control panel aka My Settings, I don't see the Software
>> > Update button. How can we update the Help Activity contents or other
>> > Activities? The answer to this will help with updates to
>> > http://en.flossmanuals.net/bin/view/Sugar/8_4/Updating.
>>
>> Updating will happen using the distribution's native packaging tools.
>> Yum for Fedora and apt-get for Debian and Ubuntu.
>
> Ok, got it. Thanks for that clarification. :) Is anyone willing to document
> this task as a section in the Updating chapter?
>
> Thanks, all. Hope you're enjoying your weekend.
>
> Anne
>
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