[SoaS] SoaS 3 Activity list

[Peter Robinson]

On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 3:01 PM, Bert Freudenberg <bert at freudenbergs.de> wrote:
> On 29.03.2010, at 12:51, Peter Robinson wrote:
>>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> Having had some feedback on the proposal of shipping just 6 Activities
>> for SoaS 3 I'm modifying the proposal a little and increasing the
>> number to 10 [1]. Although this does come with some caveats and a
>> challenge to those out there that would like to see some more
>> included.
>>
>> So the original proposal was the following list of Activities:
>> - browse
>> - physics
>> - turtleart
>> - irc
>> - log
>> - terminal
>>
>> I'm proposing adding the following:
>> - Record
>> - Write
>> - Chat.
>> - Some sort of shareable game such as memorize
>>
>> The reason for the above 4 is that they are a great demonstration of
>> the sharing and media capabilities of sugar, which I believe are some
>> of its best features, but I am open to suggestions.
>>
>> So now to the caveat and challenge. They will only be included if they
>> are working, tested and are stable as I believe it only makes the
>> Sugar platform look bad if they don't work well. The challenge is for
>> everyone in the community to assist in making sure they are working,
>> tested and stable. If ultimately they aren't included its everyone to
>> blame because they weren't. I believe I may know what the issue with
>> Write is so I'll be looking that with the hope of it being fixed this
>> week. I look forward to seeing reports of them working well and being
>> tested as well as patches and bug reports when they do not :-)
>>
>> Peter
>>
>> [1] I could possibly increase this to 12 if my arm is twisted enough
>> on the same proviso that they are stable, tested and are a good
>> demonstration of the Sugar platform, work well on a netbook platform
>> and XOs
>
> Peter, I have to ask again why you do not want to include Etoys. It's working, tested, stable, and includes examples that emphasize Sugar as a creative learning platform (more so than any of the activities you do propose to include).

I'll add it to the proposed list. I have nothing for or against etoys
what so ever. The whole point of this email was to start the
discussion about it. If its working, tested and stable and the
maintainer of it is active and there's demand for it I'll quite
happily add it to the list. TBH I wrote this without a Sugar interface
in front of me when I was out having coffee this morning and I was
going off the top of my head.

Peter