[IAEP] ANNOUNCE: F11-0.88 Alpha2 (os258py)

[Tomeu Vizoso]

On Sat, Jun 12, 2010 at 20:03, Bernie Innocenti <bernie at codewiz.org> wrote:
> This is the Alpha2 milestone of our Sugar 0.88 series for XO.
> Please refer to this page for the current status and download
> instructions:
>
>  http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Deployment_Team/Sugar-0.88_Notes
>
> Surprise surprise! We now have parallel builds for both the XO-1 and the
> XO-1.5!
>
> I'll make an effort to keep the releases synchronized so people can test
> on both platforms, but at this time we have no resources to work on
> platform specific bugs affecting the XO-1.5.
>
>
> == Changes relative to the previous release (os240py) ==
>
>  * Include Sugar 0.88.1 packages (pbrobinson)
>
>  * Rebase unmerged patches on top of 0.88.1 and shave off a few
>   which are no longer needed. The queue is still very long, help
>   is needed to upstream as many as possible before release
>
>  * Disabled the hot corners for the frame, as requested by
>   participants of the OLPC Realness Summit. I'm not convinced
>   this is really a gain, but let's first see how many people
>   ask to revert this change (tch, bernie)
>
>  * Disable sshd startup to save time/memory (bernie)
>
>  * add IRC and SIP protocols to Empathy client (bernie)
>
>  * Include the Words activity (bernie)
>
>  * Add a few small content bundles (bernie)
>
>  * Pull latest OS updates from upstream (fedora)
>
>
> == Bugs fixed in this release ==
>
>  * xulrunner 1.9.2, attempting to fix font size problems (bernie)
>   http://bugs.sugarlabs.org/ticket/2018
>
>  * Prevent double-clicks on entries in the journal from opening
>   2-3 instances of the same activity (tch)
>
>  * Rework code to read name widget in the activity toolbar,
>   although there are still ways to fool it (bernie)
>   http://bugs.sugarlabs.org/ticket/1948
>
>  * Fix font size in Terminal (jasg)
>
>  * Fix layout of Record UI, although with a temporary kludge (m_anish)
>
>  * Reconnect to last AP on startup (erikos)
>   http://bugs.sugarlabs.org/ticket/1883
>
>  * Fix the nefarious 1-dot boot hang bug (dsd, bernie)
>
>  * Make search box in library homepage narrower so it doesn't overflow
>   (bernie)
>
>  * Avoid duplicated mesh icons in neighborhood view (tch)
>
>  * Proper Geode video driver fix for the "black boxes on buttons"
>   bug in GNOME. Note, (frank_huang)
>   https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15700
>   http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/10076
>
>   NOTE: for safety, I have not yet removed the MigrationHeuristic
>   option in xorg.conf. Please, try testing without it.
>
>
> == Known bugs ==
>
> We still have a bunch of serious regressions still open:
>
>  * ALT-TAB does not switch between apps (tch, quozl, bernie)
>
>  * Activities sometimes start and remain in window. Window
>   appears at least briefly on all launches. (aa?)
>
>  * Pulsing launch icon is delayed or absent; occasional "activity
>   failed to start" message then the activity starts (tch)
>
>  * Measure sometimes locks up on recording, quitting from frame
>   then brings up metacity dialog "activity is not responding"
>   (I could never reproduce this myself)
>
>  * Font in Write is small and text does not fill the screen width (jasg)
>
>  * Browse: sometimes clicking links in frames creates tabs
>   (need someone to look at this. aa?)
>
>  * Turtle Blocks: ctrl-c ctrl-v sometimes do not work (walter)
>
>  * Sugar sometimes restarts; only seen 3 times, twice clicking on
>   journal and once deleting a journal entry
>   (can't reproduce this, maybe a geode driver bug. Next time please
>   check /var/log/Xorg.0.log.old and other logs)
>
> All the above bugs seem quite hard. Any help fixing them would be
> greatly appreciated.
>
>
> == How to help testing ==
>
> Feedback from the entire community is very appreciated, although we're
> not planning any further releases of the Sugar 0.84 series.
>
> Bugs affecting upstream components are better filed in their respective
> trackers:
>
>  * Sugar and activities: http://bugs.sugarlabs.org/
>  * Fedora 11: http://bugzilla.redhat.com/
>  * Drivers and OLPC OS customizations: http://dev.laptop.org/
>  * Paraguay-specific bugs: http://trac.paraguayeduca.org/
>
> If you're unsure where a bug belongs to, use the Paragauy Educa tracker.
> Please, always assign these bugs to "Carlos", who will keep our status
> summary updated.
>
>
> == Acknowledgments ==
>
> I wish to thank Paraguay Educa and Activity Central for providing
> essential engineering resources to make this effort possible.

Indeed, this is awesome work!

Keep it up,

Tomeu

> I also appreciate the expertise and support of many dedicated community
> developers and testers.
>
> --
>   // Bernie Innocenti - http://codewiz.org/
>  \X/  Sugar Labs       - http://sugarlabs.org/
>
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