[Sugar-devel] [Please Read] SoaS v2 RC Issues

Sayamindu Dasgupta sayamindu at gmail.com
Thu Dec 3 04:55:36 EST 2009


Please revert to the previous version of Read if possible (v77) and
check if it works.
I'm trying to reproduce this, but I'm at a conference at the moment
and can't download vm images.
Also, regarding Project Gutenberg EPUBs, they are quite shoddy, so we
should really consider whether including them is a nice idea (I can
figure out some of the legal issues, but in such a situation it may be
prudent not to include any EPUB at all)
Thanks,
Sayamindu

On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 7:13 AM, Sebastian Dziallas <sebastian at when.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> this is a very quick update on the current state of SoaS v2.
>
> We discovered on Tuesday that we wouldn't be able to ship content due to
> legal concerns that was originally intended to be included and discussed
> how to proceed in the last two days. Specifically, we won't include
> anything that contains a CreativeCommons NC or ND clause, or any
> equivalent license.
>
> Hence, we're going to ship only books from Project Gutenberg. I've taken
> the task of replacing all books in question with adequate alternatives.
> Please speak up if you've any book suggestion that:
>
>    * is illustrated
>    * comes from Project Gutenberg
>    * is preferably in a language other than English (not required)
>
> On the other hand, while testing another RC locally in a VM, I figured
> that Read crashed when attempting to *scroll* through an .epub file.
> Additionally, one isn't able to open the content afterwards.
>
> This is almost certainly a blocker, but we *will* need to create the
> master image this afternoon (Central European Time). If you've a spare
> minute, please help us out here!
>
> Thanks,
> --Sebastian
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