[Sugar-devel] multiple activity versions installed simultaneously (was Re: [Bugs] #1042 UNSP: cannot install new activity version)

[Martin Dengler]

On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 10:09:06PM +0545, Daniel Drake wrote:
> 2009/8/10 Martin Dengler <martin at martindengler.com>:
> > Learner-generated activity patches, perhaps?  Like, we're under a tree
> > and here's my patched Terminal/Pippy/Speak that you may want to try
> > but not commit to blowing-away your "official" version...
> 
> Do we have the relevant tools/interfaces/activities to make this
> possible and realistic?

No, but I assume that was a rhetorical question, as you're in the
field and know better than I.  But we were talking about why one might
need more than one version at once, not whether it's possible now.

I understand this thread to date as demonstrating:

1) one doesn't need more than one version right now (since it's
impossible)

2) numbers of people think this is a valid use case, but lots of work
remains to be done to make it viable.

So...

> Having user-modifiable activities like this is a nice idea, and laying
> the groundwork to make it possible could also be sensible, but right
> now it seems like we aren't ready and the reason for the introduction
> of this code is/was for unrelated reasons.

Do you propose SL explictly not support this (closing the bug as
WONTFIX or something, presumably) and - separately - let it be a
goal/feature request once there are sponsors?  That seems sensible to
me.

> I also feel that this functionality would rarely be used in the
> field.

This can go two ways - I think a  "target audience" principle / goal
(that you asked after / proposed in another thread) would imply how
used / valuable we thought this feature was: the younger the target
audience, the less important the feature would seem to be.

> Daniel

Martin
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