[Sugar-devel] Meeting #2 of the project Setting up activity server.

[James Cameron]

No surprise that this meeting didn't discuss an activity server or
WikiPort, because (a) the questions were about a private mail (there
was no link), and (b) the new term WikiPort is Vipul's name for the
project.

I interpret https://github.com/sugar-activities as trash left lying
around by a previous contributor.  It ruins code and text searches on
GitHub, because there are so many matches in the wrong place.  I've
had two contributors misidentify repositories because of it.

While it would be nice to clean up ASLO, this is obviously never going
to happen, because we've had so many people try already, then fail.
ASLOv2, then ASLOv3, and we're still on ASLOv1.  I've fixed a few
things, 'cause I can code in PHP.  It's not hard.  Rather than stuff
around with ASLO, we really need activity maintainers who will release
new activity versions.

You're wrong about the version numbers.  Sugar supports version
numbers with any number of periods separated by numbers.  Our
specification of version number is
https://developer.sugarlabs.org/sugar3/sugar3.bundle.bundleversion.html

(For others, "real" is FORTRAN for floating point.  Both Tony and I
used Fortran.)

Yes, automatic bundle deletion should be done.  Any volunteers to do
it?  Thought not.  https://github.com/sugarlabs/browse-activity/issues/81

On Mon, May 07, 2018 at 09:20:08AM +0800, Tony Anderson wrote:
> I read the log and didn't see any discussion of either an activity server or a
> WikiPort. Most of the discussion seems to focus on 'activity.info'.
> 
> I interpret [1]https://github.com/sugar-activities as an attempt to provide a
> separate place for Sugar activity repositories based on download.sugarlabs.org/
> activities. The number of activities mentioned is consistent with the current
> content of ASLO. (see [2]http://activities.sugarlabs.org/activities/)
> 
> A simple python script can process the activity.info in activity bundles very
> quickly. Simply download every activity bundle and then use import zipfile to
> read the activity.info file and check it for whatever is interesting. I
> generally use ls -1 *.xo > list to create a file. The python script can easily
> form a list of activities from this file.
> 
> Our primary goal must be to provide information and support for our users and
> prospective users. There is no reason for a user ever to know that there is an
> activity.info file or indeed an Activities folder. The original design provides
> the information needed for Sugar to register and execute the activity within
> the activity.py framework. In this spirit, the repository link should join the
> website link on ASLO where it is visible to the user.
> 
> In the spirit of view source, wouldn't it be helpful to have documentation
> giving the  user a map of Sugar and the role of the various modules? This could
> start with the information in activity.py. (/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/
> sugar3/activity/activity.py). This could lead in to James Simmons description
> of how to make a Sugar activity. The Hello World activity could be used as
> intended - as the simplest example. The problem with the wiki pages is not the
> mark up method but the organization and content.
> 
> Our priority task is to clean up ASLO. The activity version in ASLO needs to be
> released from the github repository with a meaningful version number (an
> integer not a real number). The activities need to be tested to see that they
> work in the Ubuntu 18.04 environment as well as in 13.2.9. We need to have a
> clear picture of the activities which are not working and the cause. It may be
> necessary to have different versions for Ubuntu and for 13.2.9. As well there
> may have to be different versions for the Intel processors and the Arm
> processors. ASLO needs to be modified to accommodate that need. There are
> activities which probably should be dropped. The Java activity works well but
> is not an activity. It installs Java - a one-time execution.
> 
> We also need to remember that the XO has very limited storage. It is essential
> that the installed activity not be git enabled. Currently the Browse activity
> not only downloads and installs an activity, it leaves a copy of the bundle in
> the Journal. This doubles the storage cost of an activity. It burdens our user
> with the need to switch to the Journal and erase the bundle. As developers we
> need to ask what is the effect a proposed change have on the size of the
> installed activity. Currently 13.2.9 installed on an XO-1 or on a 2GB XO-1.5
> gives the user about 300MB of available storage.
> 
> Tony
> 
> On Monday, 07 May, 2018 02:42 AM, Vipul Gupta wrote:
> 
>     Hi folks, 
> 
>     We are just done with our second meeting, of the project Setting up the
>     activity server and WikiPort. Do refer to the logs for the updates, all
>     comments and suggestions are appreciated. The blog with the updates is
>     going to be uploaded soon on my blog Mixster.
>      
>     Logs are here - [3]http://meeting.sugarlabs.org/sugar-meeting/meetings/
>     2018-05-06T16:43:50
>     Tracker (updated) - [4]https://docs.google.com/document/d/
>     1VdzjA-DnEBh0ntHY17ktXlp7c2pIofq8458gSCTwiSM/edit?usp=sharing
> 
>     Happy Contributing !!
> 
>     Cordially, 
>     Vipul Gupta 
>     [5]Mixster | [6]Github
> 
>    
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> References:
> 
> [1] https://github.com/sugar-activities
> [2] http://activities.sugarlabs.org/activities/
> [3] http://meeting.sugarlabs.org/sugar-meeting/meetings/2018-05-06T16:43:50
> [4] https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VdzjA-DnEBh0ntHY17ktXlp7c2pIofq8458gSCTwiSM/edit?usp=sharing
> [5] https://mixstersite.wordpress.com/
> [6] https://github.com/vipulgupta2048
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